title: [Measurement of the functional capacity in rheumatoid polyarthritis: a French adaptation of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)].
abstract: The ability in performing daily life activities, as assessed with self-administered questionnaire, measures the functional severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The HAQ Disability Index, designed to explore RA, was translated by 3 francophone teams. Three anglophones gave a back-translation. The latters were compared with the original HAQ under the control of 2 bilingual individuals, allowing to the adjustment of the French version. The validity of this measurement tool was studied in a group of recent RA (n = 40, mean disease duration: 2.4 years), longstanding RA (n = 32, mean disease duration: 8.4 years) and controls (n = 59). The construct validity was assessed in a principal component analysis, which showed the contribution of each item of the questionnaire. The intra-subject reproducibility was satisfactory. The HAQ score correlated well with usual clinical and radiological parameters. It differed significantly in the groups, showing a high discriminant ability. A validated instrument for measuring functional ability in French RA patients is now available for the follow-up and therapeutic assessment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie B, CHRU de Nancy-Brabois, Faculté de Médecine, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guillemin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brainçon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pourel
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating
vernacular_title: Mesure de la capacité fonctionnelle dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde: adaptation française du Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ).