Comparison of measures of functional disability in patients with gout

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-713

  ten Klooster, Peter M ^a   Oude Voshaar, Martijn A H ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional disability; Gout; Health assessment questionnaire; Outcome measures; Psychometrics; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952798177     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq387     Document Type: Article

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