Evaluation and validation of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Maksymowych, Walter P ^a,b   Richardson, Rhonda ^b   Mallon, Catherine ^b   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^c   Boonen, Annelies ^c  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Health status; Patient acceptable symptom state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33846999309     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22469     Document Type: Article

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