Content and construct validity of the Rheumatic Diseases Comorbidity Index in patients with gout
Objective. Gout has been associated with a large number of co-morbidities. As yet, no co-morbidity measure has been validated for use in clinical studies in gout. This study aims to evaluate the content and construct validity of the Rheumatic Diseases Comorbidity Index (RDCI) and a gout-specifically modified RDCI (mRDCI) in patients with gout. Methods. In a cross-sectional sample of 122 patients with gout, data on co-morbidities were obtained during an interview, chart review and clinical examination. The data were used to compute the RDCI/mRDCI, a simple co-morbidity count, the Charlson Comor... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Spaetgens , B , Wijnands , J M A , van Durme , C & Boonen , A 2015 , ' Content and construct validity of the Rheumatic Diseases Comorbidity Index in patients with gout ' , Rheumatology , vol. 54 , no. 9 , pp. 1659-1663 . https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev030 |
Schlagwörter: | gout / co-morbidities / Rheumatic Diseases Comorbidity Index / physical function / HRQOL / QUALITY-OF-LIFE / ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE / GENERAL-POPULATION / HEALTH SURVEY / RISK-FACTORS / DUTCH / HYPERURICEMIA / TRANSLATION / VALIDATION / SF-36 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29021247 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/907e393e-a1fb-49c1-bf0d-135b83e13d3d |