Validation of a Rheumatoid Arthritis Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument, the CSHQ-RA

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 798-803

  Russak, S M ^a   Sherbourne, C D ^b   Lubeck, D P ^c   Paulus, H D ^d   Chiou, C F ^a   Sengupta, N ^a   Borenstein, J ^a   Ofman, J ^a   Moadel, A ^e   Weisman, M H ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEDARS SINAI HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36 QUESTIONNAIRE; STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346220187     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11478     Document Type: Article

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