Validity and factor structure of the AUSCAN Osteoarthritis Hand Index in a community-based sample

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 830-836

  Allen, K D ^a,b   DeVellis, R F ^c,d   Renner, J B ^c   Kraus, V B ^b   Jordan, J M ^c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

AUSCAN; Hand; Osteoarthritis; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250023104     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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