The MACTAR Patient Preference Disability Questionnaire--an individualized functional priority approach for assessing improvement in physical disability in clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis

P Tugwell; C Bombardier; W W Buchanan; C H Goldsmith; E Grace; B Hanna

The MACTAR Patient Preference Disability Questionnaire--an individualized functional priority approach for assessing improvement in physical disability in clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis

J Rheumatol. 1987 Jun;14(3):446-51.

Authors

P Tugwell, C Bombardier, W W Buchanan, C H Goldsmith, E Grace, B Hanna

PMID: 3305931

Abstract

A new approach to assessing disability in arthritis that quantifies the functional priorities of the patient is described. Comparison against global improvement suggests that this instrument has the potential to detect small clinically important changes in function.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy
Clinical Trials as Topic
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Research Design
Surveys and Questionnaires