Journal article
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
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesDisability EvaluationFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHandHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient Reported Outcome MeasuresReproducibility of ResultsScleroderma, SystemicSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult