The Australian/Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index in a community-dwelling population of older adults: Reliability and validity

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-428

  Dziedzic, Krysia S ^a   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Myers, Helen ^a   Hill, Susan ^a   Hay, Elaine M ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand pain; Hand problems; Older adults; Patient assessed health outcome; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN CANADIAN OSTEOARTHRITIS HAND INDEX; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247594330     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22623     Document Type: Article

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