A comparative study of telephone versus onsite completion of the WOMAC 3.0 Osteoarthritis Index

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 783-786

  Bellamy, Nicholas ^a   Campbell, Jane ^a   Hill, Jonathan ^a   Band, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Outcome assessment; Survey; Telephone; Womac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036225562     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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