Validity of the Nottingham Health Profile in a Finnish out-patient population with rheumatoid arthritis
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Nottingham health profile questionnaire incorporates important aspects of the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis.
OBJECTIVE There is a consensus on the need for a more thorough assessment of outcome of RA from the perspective of those who experience the disease. Our objective was to assess the health- related quality of life (HR-QOL) of RA patients by the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), the measurement of subjective experienced distress. METHODS One hundred and nineteen consecutive out-patients were cro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1460-2172
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg229