title: The health assessment questionnaire 1992: status and review.
abstract: 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 a guide to the accumulated literature. The topics covered include: studies using the disability, pain, economic, and drug side effect dimensions of the HAQ; reliability and validity studies; applications to various rheumatic diseases; language adaptations; modifications and derivative scales; studies correlating the HAQ with sociodemographic, health status, laboratory, and physical measures; and randomized controlled trials and observational studies using the HAQ. A few comments regarding future directions for research are also presented.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ramey
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Raynauld
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fries
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*