OBJECTIVE To assist in the interpretation of the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) score changes for individual patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), by determining the minimum size of score change that can confidently be considered to reflect a significant change in disability from the patient's perspective. METHOD HAQ score changes were calculated for 40 clinic patients with...

BACKGROUND A major goal of much aging-related research and geriatric medicine is to identify early changes in health and functioning before serious limitations develop. To this end, regular collection of patient-reported outcome measure (PROMs) in a clinical setting may be useful to identify and monitor these changes. However, existing PROMs were not designed for repeated administration and are...

Background Quality of life or more correctly health-related quality of life is currently receiving more attention in biomedical literature and outcome studies. However, there are several issues that we should be dealt with. First, measuring quality of life needs valid and reliable instruments. In addition, it is important to know how we conceptualize quality of life and reproductive health. Fin...

background women as active health information seekers play a key role in determining lifestyle and possible implementation of preventive measures, thereby improving the health of individuals, families and society. although studies indicate that equipping people with adequate health information leads to optimal health outcomes, sometimes the complexity of human behavior and presence of barriers ...