Concurrent validity of the health assessment questionnaire disability index in scleroderma

Validity of the scleroderma functional assessment questionnaire.

Psychometric evaluation of Stanford health assessment questionnaire 8-item disability index (HAQ 8-item DI) in elderly people

  Introduction: Measuring level of disability in elderly in attention to their physical status requires an instrument practicable in elderly and easy to score.   Objective: Survey the reliability and validity of the HAQ 8-item DI in older people residing in Kashan Golabchi nursing home.   Methods: In this methodological study, samples were chosen by census...

Validity of Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQDI) for Assessing Disease Activity in Iraqi Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease associated with many complications like joint damage, disability and even death. It requires early and aggressive treatment with regular follow up to ensure safety and effectiveness of treatment for the patients. Disease activity score of 28 joints (DAS28) and simplified disease activity index (SDAI) are common tools that used to as...

Validity of the Iranian Version of Health Utility Index Mark 3 Quality of Life Questionnaire

Background: The aim of this study was to standardize and develop the health utility index III (HUI3); quality of life questionnaire. This study was conducted for the first time in Iran. Method: Forward-backward translation method was applied in order to translate the Canadian version into Persian. The final version was developed after modifica...

Measurement properties of the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index for generalized osteoarthritis.

OBJECTIVE Generalized OA (GOA) is highly prevalent in OA. Individuals with GOA typically suffer from limitations of both upper and lower extremity function, yet we lack a validated instrument to assess their activity limitations. An appropriate instrument might be the HAQ Disability Index (HAQ-DI). Therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the measurement properties of the HAQ-DI in GOA. ...