The reliability, validity and sensitivity to change of the Chinese version of SF-36 in oriental patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1023-1028

  Koh, E T ^a   Leong, K P ^a   Tsou, I Y Y ^a   Lim, V H ^a   Pong, L Y ^a   Chong, S Y ^a   Seow, A ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese SF 36; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33747848716     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel051     Document Type: Article

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