title: Measuring disability and quality of life in established rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a major impact on physical and psychological health. It can cause severe disability and reduce health-related quality of life, aspects that are important to patients. Thus, it is important to measure disability and health-related quality of life in clinical practice and in clinical trials. This article presents an overview of the most important measures of outcome concerning disability and health-related quality of life, including different forms of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ, MHAQ, MDHAQ, HAQ II), visual analogue scales for fatigue and function, SF-36, Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS/AIMS2), the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) questionnaire, Nottingham Health Profile, Sickness Impact Profile and the utility instruments 15D, EQ-5D, SF-6D and Health Utilities Index (HUI) 2 and 3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Siri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lillegraven
authors.forename: Tore K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kvien
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires