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Using Optimal Test Assembly Methods for Shortening Patient‐Reported Outcome Measures: Development and Validation of the Cochin Hand Function Scale‐6: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a short form of the Cochin Hand Function Scale (CHFS), which measures hand disability, for use in systemic sclerosis, using objective criteria and reproducible techniques. METHODS: Responses on the 18-item CHFS were obtained from English-speaking patients enrolled in the Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort. CHFS unidimensionality was verified using confirmatory factor analysis, and an item …

Authors

Levis AW; Harel D; Kwakkenbos L; Carrier M; Mouthon L; Poiraudeau S; Bartlett SJ; Khanna D; Malcarne VL; Sauve M

Journal

Arthritis Care & Research, Vol. 68, No. 11, pp. 1704–1713

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

November 2016

DOI

10.1002/acr.22893

ISSN

2151-464X