A comparative study of patient-reported functional outcomes in acute rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Zochling, Jane ^a   Stucki, Gerold ^b   Grill, Eva ^b   Braun, Jürgen ^a  

^a RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health assessment questionnaire; Outcome assessment; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846202598     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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