title: [German translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the ASAS health index : An ICF-based instrument for documentation of functional ability in patients with ankylosing spondylitis].
abstract: Documentation of the severity of the disease in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) can represent a clinical challenge, especially as the course of SpA can be very different. Patients with SpA often complain of symptoms, such as pain, fatigue and stiffness as well as limitations in mental functions and social participation. This wide range of functional impairments could so far only be insufficiently documented and not with one single measurement instrument. Despite various attempts in recent years, experts could not reach agreement on a definition of the severity and documentation of the extent of the severity. This was the starting point for the development of the ASAS health index presented here, which initially focused on patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This questionnaire serves to document the health and functional ability of patients with AS and has been available since 2015 as the original english version of the ASAS health index together with the accompanying environmental factors set. This article describes the German translation and transcultural adaptation of the ASAS health index and the accompanying environmental factors set.
authors: Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Claudiusstr. 45, 44649, Herne, Deutschland. Uta.kiltz@elisabethgruppe.de.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Kiltz
authors: Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Claudiusstr. 45, 44649, Herne, Deutschland.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Winter
authors: Innere Medizin I, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Schirmer
authors: King Christian 10th Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Gråsten, Dänemark.|South Jutland Hospital, Odense, Dänemark.|Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Dänemark.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Weber
authors: Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew e. V., Metzgerstr. 16, 97421, Schweinfurt, Deutschland.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Hammel
authors: Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Claudiusstr. 45, 44649, Herne, Deutschland.
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Baraliakos
authors: Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Claudiusstr. 45, 44649, Herne, Deutschland.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Braun
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014175:Translating
keywords: Functional ability; Measurement instrument; Patient-reported outcome; Quality of life; Spondyloarthritis