Development of the ASQoL: A quality of life instrument specific to ankylosing spondylitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-26

  Doward, L C ^a   Spoorenberg, A ^b   Cook, S A ^a   Whalley, D ^a   Helliwell, P S ^c   Kay, L J ^d   McKenna, S P ^a   Tennant, A ^c   Van der Heijde, D ^b   Chamberlain, M A ^c  

^a GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0037215220     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.1.20     Document Type: Article

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