Attrition bias in rheumatoid arthritis databanks: A case study of 6346 patients in 11 databanks and 65,649 administrations of the Health Assessment Questionnaire

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1320-1326

  Krishnan, Eswar ^a,b   Murtagh, Kirsten ^a   Bruce, Bonnie ^a   Cline, Denise ^a   Singh, Gurkirpal ^a   Fries, James F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clinical Research Center of Reading   (United States)

Author keywords

Aramis; Attrition; Cohort studies; Disabled persons; Health assessment questionnaire; Patient dropouts; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATABASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 3042811124     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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