Changes in health assessment questionnaire disability scores over five years in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with the general population

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3113-3118

  Sokka, Tuulikki ^a,b   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c   Hannonen, Pekka ^a   Pincus, Theodore ^b  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750320602     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22130     Document Type: Article

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