A review of evidence on the discriminant validity of outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis

D T Felson; J J Anderson

A review of evidence on the discriminant validity of outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis

J Rheumatol. 2001 Feb;28(2):422-6.

Authors

D T Felson¹, J J Anderson

Affiliation

¹ Boston University Arthritis Center, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 11246690

Abstract

We have assessed the discriminant validity of functional status measures and measures that are part of the core set for rheumatoid arthritis. Papers were identified by a systematic literature search in MEDLINE and hand searching of references.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Rheumatoid / therapy*
Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
Databases, Bibliographic
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires / standards
Treatment Outcome*

Grants and funding

AR20613/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States