Comparison of the Charlson Comorbidity Index derived from self-report and medical record review in Asian patients with rheumatic diseases

Rheumatology International

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2005-2011

  Ng, Xinyi ^a   Low, Andrea Hsiu Ling ^b,c,d   Thumboo, Julian ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Quality of life; Rheumatic disease; Rheumatology; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36; SOLID TUMOR; ULCER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SELF EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947611621     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-015-3296-z     Document Type: Article

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