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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
Despite an increasing reliance on the use of health status measures to assess and evaluate medical care, no single instrument is currently available for use with the broad range of patients with musculoskeletal disorders of the extremities that is commonly seen in clinical practice. In this paper, we report on the development of the Musculoskeletal Function Assessment instrument, a 100-item self reported health status instrument that is designed to meet this need. The instrument was developed in two phases. During the first phase, items were selected on the basis of interviews with 135 patients and 12 clinicians and from reviews of existing health status instruments. The items then were grouped into categories. During the second phase, the instrument was tested for reliability and content validity using a sample of 327 patients with one of five musculoskeletal disorders of the upper and lower extremities (fractures, soft-tissue injuries, repetitive motion disorders, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis). The patients were selected from both community and academic sites. Content validity also was demonstrated, based on a review of item selection procedures, expert opinion, and the distribution of scores on the instrument.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0736-0266
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Evaluation Studies as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Extremities, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Health Status Indicators, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Musculoskeletal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Outcome Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Self Disclosure, pubmed-meshheading:8648493-Statistics as Topic
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of a musculoskeletal extremity health status instrument: the Musculoskeletal Function Assessment instrument.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7660, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Multicenter Study