Psychometric properties of the rheumatoid arthritis disease activity index (RADAI) in a cohort of consecutive Dutch patients with RA starting anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 789-793

  Veehof, M M ^a   Ten Klooster, P M ^a   Taal, E ^a   Van Riel, P L C M ^b   Van De Laar, M A F J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 45149083971     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.081984     Document Type: Article

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