## Abstract ## Objective Patientβreported outcome measures (PROMs) need to include concepts and language relevant to patients and be easily understood. These studies aimed to develop draft PROMs to measure rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fatigue and its impact by collaborating with patients to identify
Measurement of patient outcome in arthritis
β Scribed by Dr. James F. Fries; Patricia Spitz; R. Guy Kraines; Halsted R. Holman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 726 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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