Patient perspective: Choosing or developing instruments

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1716-1719

  Kirwan, John R ^a   Fries, James F ^b   Hewlett, Sarah ^c   Osborne, Richard H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Omeract; Outcome assessment; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME MEASURES IN RHEUMATOLOGY CLINICAL TRIAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FATIGUE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961121085     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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