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A comparative study of patient-reported functional outcomes in acute rheumatoid arthritis
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Zochling, JM and Stucki, G and Grill, E and Braun, J, A comparative study of patient-reported functional outcomes in acute rheumatoid arthritis, Journal of Rheumatology, 34, (1) pp. 64-9. ISSN 0315-162X (2007) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
Objective. To assess the performance of the Barthel Index (BI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the acute care hospital, as compared to the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the Hannover Functional Questionnaire (Funktionsfragebogen Hannover, FFbH). Methods. A prospective study of 97 patients with RA admitted to an acute rheumatology hospital with new onset or acute flare of RA. Patients were required to self-complete the BI, the HAQ, and the FFbH. Disease activity was measured using the Disease Activity Score (DAS28). Results. Seventy-eight percent of patients were female, average age was 61.5 (SD 12.5) years, and 72.2% were rheumatoid factor-positive. The median HAQ was 1.29 (range 0-3), median FFbH was 50% (6-100%), and median BI was 95 (0-100), and distribution was highly skewed. All measures of physical functioning were significantly correlated with each other and with the DAS28; however, the BI discriminated poorly between low and high disease activity. Conclusion. The BI is not a useful instrument to assess physical functioning in patients with acute symptoms of RA, but may have a role in assessing patients with comorbidities and in assessing nursing care needs in the acute care hospital.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
Research Field: | Rheumatology and arthritis |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Zochling, JM (Dr Jane Zochling) |
ID Code: | 51727 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 14 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2008-04-29 |
Last Modified: | 2012-02-09 |
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