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SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2014

Measurement properties of rheumatoid arthritis-specific quality-of-life questionnaires: systematic review of the literature.

Jiyeon Lee, Soo Hyun Kim, Seung Hei Moon, Eun-Hyun Lee

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Synthesis in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. A systematic review of measurement properties of the instruments measuring health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016
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  5. The quality of systematic reviews of health-related outcome measurement instruments.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016
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  6. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Patients with Upper Extremity Arthritis: Overview of Systematic Reviews.Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jiyeon LeeCollege of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, jiyeon.lee@eulji.ac.kr.
Soo Hyun Kim
Seung Hei Moon
Eun-Hyun Lee

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study conducted a systematic review of the methodological quality of the psychometric evaluation process and the quality of measurement properties of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-specific health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) questionnaires with the purpose of obtaining the best evidence to help in the selection of the most appropriate instrument for measuring HRQOL in RA patients.

methodsA systematic literature search was performed to identify RA-specific HRQOL questionnaires in databases. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments checklist. The quality of the measurement properties was assessed using quality criteria. The evidence regarding the measurement properties was pooled using best-evidence synthesis, with considerations of the number and methodological quality of the studies, and the consistency of their findings in terms of the quality of the measurement properties.

resultsThe search identified 37 studies describing 9 instruments. Best-evidence synthesis suggested that the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) questionnaire had the strongest positive evidence, especially with respect to reliability, measurement error, and content validity, and moderate positive evidence with respect to hypothesis testing and responsiveness.

conclusionsThe current evidence suggests that the best-validated instrument among the RA-specific HRQOL measures is the RAQoL questionnaire in terms of both methodological quality in the process of psychometric evaluation and the quality of the measurement properties. However, there is limited evidence regarding internal consistency and structural validity of the RAQoL. Further efforts are warranted to establish the psychometric quality of this questionnaire.

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Surveys and QuestionnairesArthritis, RheumatoidChecklistConsensusHumansMalePsychometricsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsResearch Design

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PMID24844672

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