Minimal clinically important differences of the childhood health assessment questionnaire

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 150-161

  Brunner, Hermine I ^a,c   Klein Gitelman, Marisa S ^b   Miller, Michael J ^b   Barron, Andrea ^a   Baldwin, Nicole ^a   Trombley, Michael ^a   Johnson, Anne L ^a   Kress, Angie ^d   Lovell, Daniel J ^a   Giannini, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis; Childhood health assessment questionnaire; Function; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Minimal clinically important differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944429214     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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