Clinical responsiveness of self-report functional assessment measures for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis undergoing intraarticular corticosteroid injections

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 897-904

  Brown, G Ted ^a   Wright, F Virginia ^b   Lang, Bianca A ^c   Birdi, Nina ^d   Oen, Kim ^e   Stephens, Derek ^f   McComas, Joan ^g   Feldman, Brian M ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Pediatrics; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILDHOOD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUVENILE ARTHRITIS FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT REPORT; JUVENILE ARTHRITIS FUNCTIONAL STATUS INDEX; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29144500460     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21599     Document Type: Article

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