Validity and reliability of the Colorado Adult Joint Assessment Scale in adults with moderate-severe hemophilia A.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Colorado Adult Joint Assessment Scale (CAJAS) is designed to assess joint health in adults with hemophilia. The CAJAS comprises nine items (swelling, muscle atrophy, axial deformity, crepitus, range of motion, contracture, instability, strength, gait) and assesses six joints.

Objective

To assess CAJAS content validity and psychometric properties.

Patients/methods

Data were obtained from the Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Secondary Prophylaxis With rFVIII Therapy in Severe Hemophilia A Adult and/or Adolescent Subjects Compared to That of Episodic Treatment (SPINART) study and a separate CAJAS validation study. CAJAS assessments in SPINART were performed by physical therapists (PTs) from the United States, Romania, Bulgaria, and Argentina. In the validat

SUBMITTER: Funk SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028129 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature