Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire in inflammatory arthritis: a psychometric evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) is a recently developed Patient Reported Outcome Measure for use across patients with musculoskeletal conditions. This study provides a validation of the MSK-HQ examining construct validity and reliability in inflammatory arthritis.

Methods

287 adults with inflammatory arthritis completed the MSK-HQ and other Patient Reported Outcome Measures at baseline and after 3 months. Construct validity was assessed using item response theory methods. Concurrent validity was considered in relation to the HAQ and EuroQol-5D in all patients, as well as the RA Impact of Disease (RAID), PsA Impact of Disease scales, and AS Quality of Life Questionnaire (ASQoL) in disease subtypes.

Results

The MSK-HQ was approximately norma

SUBMITTER: Norton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6293478 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature