Measures of work disability and productivity: Rheumatoid Arthritis Specific Work Productivity Survey (WPS-RA), Workplace Activity Limitations Scale (WALS), Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS), Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ), and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI)

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2011, Pages

  Tang, Kenneth ^a,b   Beaton, Dorcas E ^a,b   Boonen, Annelies ^c   Gignac, Monique A M ^b,d   Bombardier, Claire ^b,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK DISABILITY; WORKPLACE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80755167769     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20633     Document Type: Article

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