Development of a national survey on foot involvement among people with psoriatic arthritis in Australia using a best practice approach: a survey development protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited research to date has defined the nature and extent of foot involvement in a psoriatic arthritis-specific population in Australia and the scale of the problem remains unclear. Survey research provides the ideal opportunity to sample a large population over a wide geographical area. Although quality criteria for survey research have been developed, research shows that adherence is low and that survey studies are poorly reported in peer-reviewed survey articles, which limits the ability to inform future survey design. The objective of this paper was to develop a national survey about foot involvement in people with psoriatic arthritis using a best practice approach. This is a methods paper for the development of survey research.

Methods

A systematic, multi-st

SUBMITTER: Carter K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448479 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature