SF-36 total score as a single measure of health-related quality of life: Sco** review

L Lins, FM Carvalho - SAGE open medicine, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
According to the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire developers, a global
measure of health-related quality of life such as the “SF-36 Total/Global/Overall Score” …

[PDF][PDF] Measures of adult pain: Visual analog scale for pain (vas pain), numeric rating scale for pain (nrs pain), mcgill pain questionnaire (mpq), short‐form mcgill pain …

GA Hawker, S Mian, T Kendzerska… - Arthritis care & research, 2011 - quil.ucsf.edu
Purpose. The pain VAS is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity (1), which has been
widely used in diverse adult populations, including those with rheumatic diseases (2–5) …

Measures of knee function: International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Knee Evaluation Form, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score …

NJ Collins, D Misra, DT Felson… - Arthritis care & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Patient-reported measures of knee function are important for the comprehensive
assessment of rheumatology conditions in both clinical and research contexts. To merit …

[HTML][HTML] Sex, gender, and pain: a review of recent clinical and experimental findings

RB Fillingim, CD King, MC Ribeiro-Dasilva… - The journal of pain, 2009 - Elsevier
Sex-related influences on pain and analgesia have become a topic of tremendous scientific
and clinical interest, especially in the last 10 to 15 years. Members of our research group …

Efficacy and safety of curcumin and its combination with boswellic acid in osteoarthritis: a comparative, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

A Haroyan, V Mukuchyan, N Mkrtchyan… - … and alternative medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background The aim of this clinical trial was to assess the efficacy and safety of curcuminoid
complex extract from turmeric rhizome with turmeric volatile oil (CuraMed®) and its …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the pain experience in hip and knee osteoarthritis–an OARSI/OMERACT initiative

GA Hawker, L Stewart, MR French, J Cibere… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To examine the pain experience of people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA),
particularly changes over time and most distressing features. METHOD: Focus groups in …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptability, reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Turkish version of WOMAC osteoarthritis index

EH Tüzün, L Eker, A Aytar, A Daşkapan… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the acceptability, reliability, validity and responsiveness of the
Turkish version of Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis (OA) …

An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older persons

T Hadjistavropoulos, K Herr, DC Turk… - The Clinical journal …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
This paper represents an expert-based consensus statement on pain assessment among
older adults. It is intended to provide recommendations that will be useful for both …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in reported pain across 11,000 patients captured in electronic medical records

D Ruau, LY Liu, JD Clark, MS Angst, AJ Butte - The Journal of Pain, 2012 - Elsevier
Clinically recorded pain scores are abundant in patient health records but are rarely used in
research. The use of this information could help improve clinical outcomes. For example, a …

Health-related quality of life in older adults with symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis: a comparison with matched healthy controls

F Salaffi, M Carotti, A Stancati, W Grassi - Aging clinical and experimental …, 2005 - Springer
Background and aims: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment is receiving
increasing attention as an outcome measure in osteoarthritis (OA). The aims of this study …