Concurrent validity of the health assessment questionnaire disability index in scleroderma

Objective. To establish the concurrent validity of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) Disability Index in systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma). Methods. Eighty subjects with SSc completed the HAQ Disability Index questionnaire. An occupational therapist, who was blind to the subjects' r...

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Published in:Arthritis and rheumatism 1995, Vol.8 (3), p.189-193
Main Authors: Poole, Janet L., Williams, Catherine A., Bloch, Daniel A., Hollak, Brooke, Spitz, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
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Disability Index
Functional ability
Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)
Systemic sclerosis
Validity
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Summary:Objective. To establish the concurrent validity of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) Disability Index in systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma). Methods. Eighty subjects with SSc completed the HAQ Disability Index questionnaire. An occupational therapist, who was blind to the subjects' responses, observed each subject's performance on 10 of the items. Results. Paired t‐tests showed significant differences between the observer and subjects' responses for tying shoes, buttoning, gripping, and walking. Intra‐class correlations between observer and subjects ranged from 0.38 to 0.76. Conclusion. The results support the validity of the HAQ Disability Index in patients with systemic sclerosis.
ISSN:0004-3591
1529-0131
DOI:10.1002/art.1790080312