Noval Abraham|D.M. Blackmon|James R. Jackson|Laurence A. Bradley|Christopher D. Lorish|Graciela S. Alarcón
Use of self ? administered joint counts in the evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis patients
University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham|University of Alabama at Birmingham
abstract validity reliability selfadministered joint counts reported group of32 rheumatoid arthritis patients followed universitybased practice located thesoutheast region united states serving low middle income urban rural patients adequate interrater reliability among patients research assistants joint counts obtained upper r 074 lower r 096 upper lower extremities r 089 convergent validity correlations pain helplessness joint alignment motion scale found adequate conclude rheumatoid arthritis patients reliably assess joint counts self joint counts along validated selfreportsof health status may applicable busy outpatient settings well clinical research