Reliability of AOFAS diabetic foot questionnaire in Charcot arthropathy: Stability, internal consistency, and measurable difference

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 717-731

  Dhawan, Vibhu ^a,b   Spratt, Kevin F ^a,c   Pinzur, Michael S ^a,d   Baumhauer, Judith ^a,e   Rudicel, Sally ^a,f   Saltzman, Charles L ^a,b  

^a University of Iowa ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; EMOTION; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP;

EID: 24644446355     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600910     Document Type: Article

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