Determination of the minimal clinically important difference for seven fatigue measures in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 705-713

  Pouchot, Jacques ^a,b   Kherani, Raheem B ^a   Brant, Rollin ^c   Lacaille, Diane ^a   Lehman, Allen J ^a   Ensworth, Stephanie ^a   Kopec, Jacek ^a   Esdaile, John M ^a   Liang, Matthew H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Health status; Interpretation; Minimal clinically important difference; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sample size requirement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 44649147214     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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