Evaluation of the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire in Finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1426-1431

  Arkela Kautiainen, Marja ^a,e   Kautiainen, Hannu ^a   Uutela, Toini ^b   Laiho, Kari ^a   Blåfield, Harri ^c   Leirisalo Repo, Marjatta ^d   Hakala, Markku ^a  

^a RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire; Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FINNISH ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES; FINNISH HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; FINNISH MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRUNK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23444444742     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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