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3731718

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
Current methods of clinical assessment in osteoarthritis show a high degree of variability. By contrast, patients with rheumatoid arthritis may be evaluated using a number of standardised and validated indices. One hundred patients with primary osteoarthritis of the hip and knee were interviewed in order to determine the dimensionality of their discomfort and disability and to define the clinical importance of each component item. The symptomatology of osteoarthritis was captured by five pain, one stiffness, twenty-two physical, eight social and eleven emotional items. In spite of a high degree of variability in the frequency of involvement of the individual items, their clinical importance was similar both within as well as across dimensions. Further studies are indicated to determine the reliability, validity and responsiveness of each of the items identified as a prelude to developing a standardized method of assessing patients with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0770-3198
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
A preliminary evaluation of the dimensionality and clinical importance of pain and disability in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article