Wolfe F, Kleinheksel S M, Cathey M A, Hawley D J, Spitz P W, Fries J F
Arthritis Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita.
J Rheumatol. 1988 Oct;15(10):1480-8.
We administered the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire functional disability questionnaire to a cohort of 400 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) every 6 months during a mean followup of 3.1 years. Simple classification into 3 groups based on Functional Disability Index (FDI) scores (0-1, 1.1-2, 2.1-3) identified patients with increasingly more severe scores for clinical, psychological, and demographic variables; and FDI scores at entry predicted increased inpatient and outpatient utilization of services, and mortality. The FDI provided important and clinically useful current and predictive information regarding RA status, utilization of services, and mortality that was not available through conventional testing. Our data suggest that such information can be easily and inexpensively obtained.
我们在平均3.1年的随访期间，每6个月对400名类风湿性关节炎（RA）患者组成的队列进行斯坦福健康评估问卷功能残疾问卷的测评。根据功能残疾指数（FDI）得分（0 - 1、1.1 - 2、2.1 - 3）简单分为3组，结果显示，临床、心理和人口统计学变量得分越来越高；入组时的FDI得分可预测住院和门诊服务利用增加以及死亡率。FDI提供了有关RA状态、服务利用和死亡率的重要且具有临床实用性的当前和预测信息，而这些信息通过传统检测无法获得。我们的数据表明，此类信息能够轻松且低成本地获取。
