Development and initial validation of a heart disease knowledge questionnaire for people with rheumatoid arthritis

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-143

  John, Holly ^a,b   Treharne, Gareth J ^a,c   Hale, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Panoulas, Vasileios F ^a,d   Carroll, Douglas ^b   Kitas, George D ^a,e  

^a DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Patient education; Psychometric validation; Questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART DISEASE FACT QUESTIONNAIRE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69249215237     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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