Measures of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma): Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and Scleroderma HAQ (SHAQ), Physician- and Patient-Rated Global Assessments, Symptom Burden Index (SBI), University of California, Los Angeles, Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Gastrointestinal Scale (UCLA SCTC GIT) 2.0, Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI) and Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI) (Mahler's Index)

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2011, Pages

  Pope, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASELINE DYSPNEA INDEX; CAMBRIDGE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION OUTCOME REVIEW; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT RATED GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RAYNAUD'S CONDITION SCORE; RELIABILITY; SCLERODERMA HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM BURDEN INDEX; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRANSITION DYSPNEA INDEX; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, SCLERODERMA CLINICAL TRIAL CONSORTIUM GASTROINTESTINAL SCALE 2.0; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSPNEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LOS ANGELES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80855165394     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20598     Document Type: Article

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