[The use of a modified Health Assessment Questionnaire for evaluating the effectiveness of therapy at a hospital].
A study was made of a possibility of estimating the efficacy of hospital therapy of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using the modified Stanford health assessment questionnaire. The general functional index (GFI) derived on the basis of the questionnaire was found to be in good agreement with a number of the commonly accepted indicators in rheumatology: Richi's articular index, the swelling index, the power of pain in accordance with the visual analog scale, hand force as well as with the psychological and social characteristics. The GFI was shown to decrease significantly after the treatment carried out under hospital conditions together with a decrease of pain and the articular index (p less than 0.001) both in grave RA patients with an unfavorable functional and work fitness prognosis and in patients with milder RA, having a favourable prognosis. It is recommended that the GFI may be used for estimating the efficacy of the treatment in addition to other indicators and measurements.
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Amirdzhanova
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Folomeeva
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006306:Health Surveys; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Primenenie modifitsirovannoĭ ankety otsenki zdorov'ia dlia otsenki éffektivnosti terapii v usloviiakh statsionara.