The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire: A review of its history, issues, progress, and documentation

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-178

  Bruce, Bonnie ^a   Fries, James F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability index; HAQ; Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH DISEASE; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037229712     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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