Measuring utilities by the time trade-off method in Tunisian rheumatoid arthritis patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-41

  Bejia, Ismail ^a   Salem, Kamel Ben ^b   Touzi, Mongi ^a   Bergaoui, Naceur ^a  

^a EPS Monastir ^*  (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Quality of life rheumatoid arthritis; Time trade off; Utility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUNISIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNISIA;

EID: 33645745493     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1125-6     Document Type: Article

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