Validation of a proposed WOMAC short form for patients with hip osteoarthritis

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bilbao, Amaia ^a   Quintana, José M ^b   Escobar, Antonio ^c   Las Hayas, Carlota ^b   Orive, Miren ^b  

^a Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hip replacement; Rasch analysis; Reliability; Responsiveness; Short form; Validity; Womac

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTAL MAIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX SHORT FORM; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 80053174537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-75     Document Type: Article

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