The assessment of functional status in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross cultural, longitudinal comparison of the Health Assessment Questionnaire and the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale.

Date publication

octobre 1995

Journal

The Journal of rheumatology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BRIANCON Serge , Pr GUILLEMIN Francis

Tous les auteurs :
Doeglas D, Krol B, Guillemin F, Suurmeijer T, Sanderman R, Smedstad LM, Briançon S, van den Heuvel W

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8991979

Résumé

To compare a disease specific measure of functional status, the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) with a generic measure of functional status, the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (GARS) in a cross cultural and longitudinal setting. Besides the comparison of psychometric properties, sex differences were also studied.

Mots clés

Arthritis, Rheumatoid, physiopathology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Disability Evaluation, Female, Health Status, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sex Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires

Référence

J. Rheumatol.. 1995 Oct;22(10):1834-43