Validation of the health assessment questionnaire disability index in patients with gout

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 665-669

  Álvarez Hernández, Everardo ^a   Peláez Ballestas, Ingris ^a   Vázquez Mellado, Janitzia ^b   Terán Estrada, Leobardo ^c   Bernard Medina, Ana Guishlaine ^d   Espinoza, Jesús ^e   Aceves Avila, Francisco J ^c   Goycochea Robles, María V ^c   Garza, Mario ^f   Ventura, Lucio ^g   Burgos Vargas, Rubén ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^e Hospital Regional de Petróleos Mexicanos Cd   (Mexico)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^g Hospital Central sur Petroleoes Mexicanos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY INDEX; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GOUT; GUYATT'S RESPONSIVE INDEX; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 43549102237     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23575     Document Type: Article

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