Construct validity of the modified numeric rating scale of patient global assessment in psoriatic arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 844-848

  Leung, Ying Ying ^a   Ho, Kwok Wah ^b   Zhu, Tracy Yanner ^b   Tam, Lai Shan ^b   Kun, Emily Wailin ^a   Li, Edmund Kwok Ming ^b  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Numeric rating scale; Outcome measure; Pain; Psoriatic arthritis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REMISSION; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859470924     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110919     Document Type: Article

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