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Comparison of the Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire with the Short Form-36, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, and the Sickness Impact Profile health-status measures.
- Source :
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The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume [J Bone Joint Surg Am] 1997 Sep; Vol. 79 (9), pp. 1323-35. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- We compared the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (MFA) questionnaire with those of three commonly used health-status measures: the Short Form-36 (SF-36), the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), and the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP). The MFA, like the other health-status measures, demonstrated good reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients of more than 0.70), good sensitivity and specificity (more than 70 per cent), good criterion validity that correlated with physicians' ratings (p < 0.01), and good construct validity that correlated with the characteristics of the patients (p < 0.01). It also demonstrated better content validity than the other questionnaires, with no ceiling or floor effects for the total score. In addition, it was more responsive than the SF-36; for eight of the eleven comparisons, it was more efficient (relative efficiency of more than 2.00) in measuring changes in function between the baseline values and the values determined at the latest follow-up evaluation. These findings suggest that the MFA can be used to assess the health status of patients who have a musculoskeletal disorder.
- Subjects :
- Activities of Daily Living
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Attitude to Health
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Diseases psychology
Osteoarthritis diagnosis
ROC Curve
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sickness Impact Profile
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health Status Indicators
Musculoskeletal Diseases diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-9355
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9314394
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199709000-00006