OBJECTIVE To analyze the responsiveness of the Fibromyalgia Health Assessment Questionnaire (FHAQ) in a group of patients with fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS Observational, prospective and longitudinal study related to the project ICAF was taken part in 15 Spanish centers. 232 patients were included and diagnosed of FM: 98.3% were women, the mean age was 47 years old, they were analyzed at a basa...

BACKGROUND Physical disability is part of the end point measures in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ DI) is often used for this purpose but lacks international uniformity owing to variations in the translated and adapted questionnaires and variations in its calculation. To study the consequences of these variations the prev...

OBJECTIVE To validate a translated Italian version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). METHODS The Italian version of the FIQ was administered to 50 patients affected by fibromyalgia (FM) (48 patients filled out the questionnaire again 10 days later) together with the Italian version of the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 (...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to produce an Italian version of the Revised Leeds Disability Questionnaire (LDQ) in a group of patients with ankylosing spondylitis, and to examine the psychometric properties of this version, evaluating its internal consistency, external validity and reliability. METHODS The LDQ was administered to 60 Caucasian patients affected by ankylosing s...

BACKGROUND The current analyses focus on the need for services from the perspective of individuals considering preventive measures. A new approach imported from social and health psychology is used for assessing subjective need. This indicator is used for predicting actual health behaviour under field conditions and simultaneously other relevant background variables are taken into account. ME...

OBJECTIVES Physical disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often assessed by questionnaires. We compared the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) with the modified HAQ (MHAQ) in a cohort of RA patients across various levels of disability, and examined correlations with other measures of physical function. METHODS Patients with RA (n = 182) completed self-report questionnair...

INTRODUCTION The utility of reassessing anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibody status later in disease in patients presenting with early undifferentiated inflammatory polyarthritis, particularly in those who test negative for both anti-CCP and rheumatoid factor (RF) at baseline, remains unclear. We aimed therefore to determine the stability of CCP antibody status over time and th...

OBJECTIVE To compare the construct validity of three functional capacity questionnaires in patients with fibromyalgia. PATIENTS AND METHODS Transversal multicentric study of 301 patients from fifteen rheumatology outpatient clinics in Spain. Scores of Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), Fibromyalgia Health Assessment Questionnaire (FHAQ) and the physical function scale of the Fibromyalgia ...

A multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ) can enhance doctor-patient communication beyond the important function of providing RAPID3 scores, preparing the patient for the encounter and saving time for the doctor. Optimal use of the MDHAQ should include the following actions: 1. the MDHAQ should be distributed to each patient at each visit in the infrastructure of care; 2. the M...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of functional disability in France and assess its association with the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS Each member in 8,000 households randomly selected in the Lorraine population were mailed a questionnaire asking about their sociodemographic characteristics; the presence of chronic locomotor or non-rheumatic diseases; functional disabilit...