EVALUATION OF THE DUTCH ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES (DUTCH-AIMS) IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
The Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) have been used to measure health status in patients with rheumatic diseases in North America. In this study, a Dutch version of this self-assessment questionnaire named the DUTCH-AIMS was evaluated in 73 Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Significant correlations between scores from the DUTCH-AIMS on the one hand and ARA functional class, haemoglobin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, self-assessments of functional impairment and perceived overall health on the other hand indicate that the scales are valid and provide good estimations of vari... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1989 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | OTHER |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26633687 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/28/6/487 |