Weighting improves the information provided by joint counts on the severity of arthritis and its impact on patients' well-being in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-347

  Bandeira, M ^a,d   Falcone, A ^a,e   Pistorio, A ^b   Ruperto, N ^a   Magni Manzoni, S ^c   Buoncompagni, A ^a   Sala, E ^a   Loy, A ^a   Martini, A ^a   Ravelli, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Articular scores; Joint counts; Juvenile chronic arthritis; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644851674     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei161     Document Type: Article

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