Validity of the developed arabic multidimensional health assessment questionnaire for use in standard clinical care of patients with rheumatic diseases

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-236

  El Miedany, Yasser ^a   El Gaafary, Maha ^a   Youssef, Sally S ^a   Ahmed, Ihab ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabic; Developed multidimensional health assessment questionnaire; Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis; Validity

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED ARABIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMILTON SCALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORNING STIFFNESS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 70349515094     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2008.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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