Converting modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), multidimensional HAQ, and HAQII scores into original HAQ scores using models developed with a large cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1481-1488

  Anderson, Jaclyn ^a   Sayles, Harlan ^a   Curtis, Jeffrey R ^b   Wolfe, Fred ^c   Michaud, Kaleb ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957687303     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20265     Document Type: Article

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