Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating multifactorial degenerative rheumatic
disease affecting millions of people around the globe. The osteoarthritis quality of life scale …

Introduction: Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) has been gaining much
importance in the care of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was aimed at assessing the …

Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with extra-articular features (ExRA) and
other co-morbidities. The aim of this study is to quantify their relative contribution to quality of …

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the frequent chronic, systemic, inflammatory
autoimmune disorders with an estimated global prevalence of 1%. RA leads to joint …

The aim of the present study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in
patients with common rheumatic diseases referred to a rheumatology clinic and to compare …

Background Functional disability is one of the most important consequences of RA in the
patient's daily life. The HAQ has been widely used in its self administered form for the …

Objective To translate the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) from English to Arabic
and to test the metrological properties, reliability, and validity of the Arabic version. Methods …

Objective.–To test the reliability and validity of a modified and translated version of the
original Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) on patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Rheumatoid arthritis has a non-homogeneous pattern around the world. The current study
aimed to describe the clinical manifestations and disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis …

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common type of arthritis of the elderly
among Asians. Reports suggest that it affects the quality of life. Hence, this study was …