Validation of the tunisian version of the health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) in rheumatoid arthritis patients;Validation de la version tunisienne du health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) dans la polyarthrite rhumatoide

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Ismail, Bejia ^a   Ahmed, Laatar ^b   Kamel, Ben Salem ^c   Mongi, Touzi ^a   Naceur, Bergaoui ^a   Leith, Zakraoui ^b  

^a Service de Rhumatologie   (Tunisia)

^b MONGI SLIM HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c Service de Médecine Communautaire el de Bio Statístique Monastir   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Health Assessment Questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUNISIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNISIA;

EID: 33744480332     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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