Are they relevant? A critical evaluation of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health core sets for osteoarthritis from the perspective of patients with knee osteoarthritis in Singapore

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1067-1073

  Xie, F ^a   Thumboo, J ^a,b   Fong, K Y ^b   Lo, N N ^b   Yeo, S J ^b   Yang, K Y ^b   Li, Shu Chuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF IMPAIRMENTS, DISABILITIES AND HANDICAPS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33746504898     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.043067     Document Type: Article

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