title: Health status questionnaires.
abstract: Because they accurately and efficiently tap into important aspects of rheumatic disease status and outcome, health status questionnaires have found increasing use in the clinic, controlled clinical trials, and observational studies. This article reviews utility assessment methodologies as well as generic and disease-specific health status questionnaires relevant to rheumatology.
authors.affiliation: Arthritis Research and Clinical Centers, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires