TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement bias in different versions of the Dutch Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index
AU - Oude Voshaar, Antonius H.
AU - ten Klooster, Peter M.
AU - Vonkeman, Harald Erwin
AU - Kievit, Wietske
AU - van Riel, Piet L.C.M.
AU - van de Laar, Mart A F J
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) Disability Index is the most frequently used and validated measure of physical function for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 Various translated versions of this questionnaire have been used in clinical research in the Netherlands. In 2007, a standardised translation, the Dutch consensus HAQ, was introduced and a letter detailing its development appeared in this journal.2 The Dutch DREAM registry,3 a multicentre observational cohort study that monitors RA patients undergoing different treatment regimens, soon adopted the consensus HAQ.
AB - The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) Disability Index is the most frequently used and validated measure of physical function for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 Various translated versions of this questionnaire have been used in clinical research in the Netherlands. In 2007, a standardised translation, the Dutch consensus HAQ, was introduced and a letter detailing its development appeared in this journal.2 The Dutch DREAM registry,3 a multicentre observational cohort study that monitors RA patients undergoing different treatment regimens, soon adopted the consensus HAQ.
KW - METIS-298500
KW - IR-87638
U2 - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203512
DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203512
M3 - Article
VL - 72
SP - 2050
EP - 2051
JO - Annals of the rheumatic diseases
JF - Annals of the rheumatic diseases
SN - 0003-4967
IS - 12
ER -