Measures of functional status and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ), Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ), Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ), Health Assessment Questionnaire II (HAQ-II), Improved Health Assessment Questionnaire (Improved HAQ), and Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL)

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2011, Pages

  Maska, Leann ^a   Anderson, Jaclyn ^b   Michaud, Kaleb ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROOMING; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE DISABILITY INDEX; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE II; HUMAN; IMPROVED HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MODIFIED HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS QUALITY OF LIFE; VALIDITY; WALKING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80755180999     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20620     Document Type: Article

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