title: Clinical, laboratory, and radiographic assessments.
abstract: Version 2 of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS2), together with the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey provide two state-of-the-art health-status instruments. The Medical Outcomes Study can be used in all illnesses, including rheumatic diseases. The AIMS2 incorporates new items concerning work status, satisfaction, attribution of problems to arthritis, and self-designation of priority areas for improvement. Measure of osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis and review of the measures used to assess these illnesses were comprehensively evaluated, and data on reliability, sensitivity to change, sample size, and clinically significant change were provided this year, supplying an invaluable resource for trialists and clinicians.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011859:Radiography; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome