Evaluating changes in health status: Sensitivity to change of the modified Arabic health assessment questionnaire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-514

  El Miedany, Yasser ^a,c   Youssef, Sally ^a   El Gaafary, Maha ^a   Ahmed, Ihab ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c 2 Italian Hospital St Abbassia   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabic HAQ; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sensitivity to change

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346102685     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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