Abstract:
:Assessment of children and adults with rheumatic diseases, both in clinical practice and controlled clinical trials in rheumatology, has traditionally focused on the measurement of disease activity. More recently emphasis has been placed on the need to incorporate estimates of physical, social, and mental functioning into health assessment. Thus there has been a tremendous growth in the development of measurement instruments that evaluate health status, functional status, disability, and quality of life. This type of measurement has become essential, particularly for clinical trials in adults with rheumatic diseases, for which the AIMS (Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales), the HAQ (Health Assessment Questionnaire), and the MACTAR (McMaster-Toronto arthritis) patient preference questionnaire have been the most widely used. In the past few years, similar measures have been developed for application in children with rheumatic diseases. These include the CHAIMS (Childhood Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales), the CHAQ (Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire), the JAFAR (Juvenile Arthritis Functional Assessment Report), the JASI (Juvenile Arthritis Self-report Index), the JAQQ (Juvenile Arthritis Quality of Life Questionnaire), and the CAHP (Childhood Arthritis Health Profile). In this review, the development and measurement properties of these childhood instruments are discussed, with particular emphasis on their potential roles as supported by recent literature.
journal_name
Curr Opin Rheumatoljournal_title
Current opinion in rheumatologyauthors
Duffy CM,Duffy KNdoi
10.1097/00002281-199709000-00011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-09-01 00:00:00pages
440-7issue
5eissn
1040-8711issn
1531-6963journal_volume
9pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-200201000-00003
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199505000-00018
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e3280eec78c
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199707000-00010
更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000522
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-200005000-00008
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e328349c3b1
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e32816e06f9
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199305020-00012
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199106000-00020
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199807000-00015
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000324
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199607000-00015
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199811000-00002
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.bor.0000135452.62800.8f
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283439426
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.bor.0000209426.84775.f8
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199407000-00008
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e328364206f
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00