Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Scleroderma Health Assessment Questionnaire and the Cochin Hand Function Scale in patients with systemic sclerosis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 317-324

  Hesselstrand, R ^a   Nilsson, J A ^a   Sandqvist, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHIN HAND FUNCTION SCALE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLERODERMA HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880196426     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2012.756928     Document Type: Article

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