Validity and responsiveness of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II to assess disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Meesters, Jorit J L ^a   Verhoef, John ^a,b   Liem, Inge S L ^a   Putter, Hein ^a   Vlieland, Thea P M Vliet ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care).; Patient care team; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis; World Health Organization Disability Schedule II

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WALKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950440250     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep369     Document Type: Article

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