background :traffic and transport is a substantial part of a range of economic, social and environmental factors distinguished to have impact on human health. this paper is a report on a preliminary section of a health impact assessment (hia) on urban traffic and transport initiatives, being conducted in sanandaj, iran. in this preliminary study, the psychometric properties of urban traffic rel...

Current general health belief measures that are used to assess health behaviors do not capture the full range of health beliefs present among Latinos. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid measure of Latino health beliefs, the Cultural Health Attributions Questionnaire (CHAQ). Three hundred forty participants were recruited in 2 metropolitan areas with large Latino popul...

Over the last 2 decades, assessment of patient health status has undergone a dramatic paradigm shift, evolving from a predominant reliance on biochemical and physical measurements to an emphasis upon health outcomes based on the patient's personal appreciation of their illness. The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), published in 1980, was among the first instruments based on patient centere...

Objective To investigate the long-term efficacy of rehabilitation following arthroscopic synovectomy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologic agents. Methods Arthroscopic synovectomy was performed in 29 joints of 17 patients, which were divided into two groups. Group 1 included arthroscopic synovectomy plus rehabilitation for 19 joints in 10 patients, and group 2 included a...

abstract background: fatigue and changes in sleep patterns are one of the impressive features in the first year after birth, which havenegative effects on work, family life, and social relationships. therefore, the objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between fatigue and stanford sleepiness with the general health of mothers in the postpartum period. materials and meth...

Open Access Poster presentation Does incorporation of aids/devices and help, make a difference in the childhood health assessment questionnaire disability index? Analysis from the printo juvenile idiopathic arthritis database C Saad-Magalhães*, A Pistorio, A Ravelli, R Brik, D Mihaylova, R Ten Cate, B Andersson-Gare, V Ferriani, K Minden, P Hashkes, M Rygge, MJ Sauvain, H Venning, A Martini and...

Digital assessment and graphical feedback of patient-reported outcome measures such as the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) could increase empowerment and involvement of patients in their own care process. The App ecosystem that Reade is building is an example of how digital assessment using mobile devices can be integrated into existing hospital IT infrastructure.

OBJECTIVES To determine if a low Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) score predicts subsequent improvement over the next one to two years in clinical practice and if a low HAQ is predictive of improvement in early, late, diffuse and limited SSc subsets. METHODS HAQs collected at one site annually were used to determine serial relationships in low baseline HAQ and improve...