Best parameters for assessment

languages or dialects, often with only minor changes (Bruce, Fries, 2003). HAQ is

a self administered questionnaire, with one or more specific questions on each of

eight dimensions of activities of daily life (dressing and grooming, arising, eating,

walking, hygiene, reach, grip and outdoor activities).

global function Performance (gfP): Measurement of physical functional

limitations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a time-honored strategy to

assess the disease’s outcome. Performance based tests of physical function such

as grip strength and walking velocity over 50 feet; and the timed shirt button test

provide reproducible, quantitative information about a patient’s current status and

about the prognosis (Agustin, Roy, Rincon, 2004).

figure 2. Diagrammatic overview of Short form-36 (Eight areas of general health

Humanistic outcome

Humanistic outcome are the consequences of disease or treatment on patient

functional status or quality of life. Quality of life is a descriptive term that refers to

people’s emotion, social and physical well being and their ability to function in the

ordinary tasks of living. Several instruments such as Nottingham Health Profile

(NHP), Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Health Assessment questionnaire (HAQ),

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