Expert evaluations of fatigue questionnaires used in rheumatoid arthritis: A Delphi study among patients, nurses and rheumatologists in the Netherlands

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-84

  Nikolaus, Stephanie ^a   Bode, Christina ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Van der Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Expert opinion; Fatigue; Patient outcome assessment; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRISTOL RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FATIGUE MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY FATIGUE SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES SUBSCALE FATIGUE INERTIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84863773376     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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