Evaluation and cultural adaptation of a German version of the AIMS2-SF questionnaire (German AIMS2-SF)

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1190-1195

  Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Korner T ^a   Wensing, M ^b   Schneider, A ^a   Szecsenyi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2 (German AIMS2 SF); Cross cultural validation; Health status; Osteoarthritis; Outcome assessments; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 24144475532     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh718     Document Type: Article

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