Patient's global assessment of disease activity and patient's assessment of general health for rheumatoid arthritis activity assessment: are they equivalent?

Nasim Ahmed Khan, Horace Jack Spencer, Essam Ahmed Abda, Rieke Alten, Christof Pohl, Codrina Ancuta, Massimiliano Cazzato, Pál Géher, Laure Gossec, Dan Henrohn, Merete Lund Hetland, Nevsun Inanc, Johannes Wg Jacobs, Eduardo Kerzberg, Maria Majdan, Omondi Oyoo, Ruben A Peredo-Wende, Zahraa Ibrahim Selim, Fotini Nikolaos Skopouli, Alberto SulliKim Hørslev-Petersen, Peter C Taylor, Tuulikki Sokka, QUEST-RA group

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    Abstract

    To assess (A) determinants of patient's global assessment of disease activity (PTGL) and patient's assessment of general health (GH) scores of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients; (B) whether they are equivalent as individual variables; and (C) whether they may be used interchangeably in calculating common RA activity assessment composite indices.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases
    Volume71
    Issue number12
    Pages (from-to)1942-9
    Number of pages8
    ISSN0003-4967
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Arthralgia
    • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
    • Databases, Factual
    • Fatigue
    • Female
    • Health Status
    • Humans
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Questionnaires
    • Self Report
    • Severity of Illness Index

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