Abstract
Data of a prospective longitudinal cohort study including 233 Dupuytren's patients was used to determine: (1) whether the Unite Rhumatologique des Affections de la Main scale and Michigan Hand outcomes Questionnaire can detect change in hand function due to Dupuytren's disease progression and to compare their abilities; (2) the concurrent validity, reliability, responsiveness and interpretability of the Dutch Unite Rhumatologique des Affections de la Main. The Unite Rhumatologique des Affections de la Main and Michigan Hand outcomes Questionnaire had comparable measurement properties, and were both able to distinguish participants with disease progression from those without progression (resp. U=1252.5, p=0.008, and U=1086.0, p
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 855-863 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume) |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct-2018 |
Keywords
- Dupuytren's disease
- progression
- questionnaire
- validation study
- CONTRACTURE
- RESPONSIVENESS
- PARTICIPANTS
- DISABILITY
- AGREEMENT
- PRECISION
- SEVERITY
- VALIDITY