Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: literature review and proposed guidelines

F Guillemin, C Bombardier, D Beaton - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 1993 - Elsevier
Clinicians and researchers without a suitable health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure
in their own language have two choices:(1) to develop a new measure, or (2) to modify a …

The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire: a review of its history, issues, progress, and documentation.

B Bruce, JF Fries - The Journal of rheumatology, 2003 - jrheum.org
Over the last 2 decades, assessment of patient health status has undergone a dramatic
paradigm shift, evolving from a predominant reliance on biochemical and physical …

An experimental study of a Mediterranean diet intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

L Sköldstam, L Hagfors, G Johansson - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2003 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate the efficacy of a Mediterranean diet (MD) versus an ordinary
Western diet for suppression of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Prediction of radiological outcome in early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: role of antibodies to citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP)

K Forslind, M Ahlmén, K Eberhardt, I Hafström… - Annals of the …, 2004 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate the role of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP) for
the prediction of radiological outcome in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Methods …

Association of obesity with worse disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis as well as with comorbidities: a long‐term followup from disease onset

S Ajeganova, ML Andersson, I Hafström… - Arthritis care & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the association of obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI)≥ 30
or≥ 28 kg/m2 or by waist circumference (WC), with disease activity and severity, as well as …

The health assessment questionnaire 1992. Status and review

DR Ramey, JP Raynauld… - Arthritis & Rheumatism …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Over 100 papers describing and utilizing the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire
(HAQ) have been published since 1980. A brief overview of the HAQ is presented along with …

Anti-CCP antibody test predicts the disease course during 3 years in early rheumatoid arthritis (the Swedish TIRA project)

A Kastbom, G Strandberg, A Lindroos… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2004 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide
(CCP) in recent onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at diagnosis and 3 years later, and to …

Longitudinal analysis of citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (anti-CP) during 5 year follow up in early rheumatoid arthritis: anti-CP status predicts worse disease …

J Rönnelid, MC Wick, J Lampa, S Lindblad… - Annals of the …, 2005 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To study serum levels of citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (anti-CP) during
up to 5 years' follow up of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to relate serum …

Cardiovascular events in early RA are a result of inflammatory burden and traditional risk factors: a five year prospective study

L Innala, B Möller, L Ljung, S Magnusson… - Arthritis research & …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Co-morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) are increased
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Most published studies in this field are …

Grip force in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia and in healthy subjects. A study with the Grippit instrument

UM Nordenskiöld, G Grimby - Scandinavian journal of …, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
Nordenskiöld UM, Grimby G. Grip Force in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and
Fibromyalgia and in Healthy Subjects. A Study with the Grippit Instrument. Scand J …