Determining rheumatologists' accuracy at assessing functional disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients using the health assessment questionnaire- disability index

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 958-963

  Carter, John D ^a,e   Lodhi, Abdul B ^e   Nagda, Sonia R ^d   Ricca, Louis ^c   Ward, Colleen ^c   Traina, Erica ^a   Thompson, Zachary J ^b   Huang, Yangxin ^b   Valeriano, Joanne ^a   Vasey, Frank B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional ability; Health assessment questionnaire disability index; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34248675472     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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