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OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the reliability and validity characteristics of a fast, intensively focused functional assessment questionnaire that has been used in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials by the Cooperative Systematic Studies of Rheumatic Diseases group (CSSRD). METHODS: Data from three double-blind, controlled clinical trials by CSSRD were used to examine the properties of the Functional Assessment Survey as a measure of physiologic function. RESULTS: The Functional Assessment Survey has reasonable test-retest reliability and convergent validity with the Steinbrocker et al. functional class. It demonstrated appropriate divergent validity with other clinical measures of response, as well as discriminant validity. CONCLUSIONS: The CSSRD Functional Assessment Survey is brief, intensive, and focused. Reliability and validity characteristics have been documented.
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Actividades Cotidianas , Artritis Reumatoide/fisiopatología , Encuestas y Cuestionarios/normas , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados como Asunto , Método Doble Ciego , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Reproducibilidad de los ResultadosRESUMEN
In a survey conducted by the authors, the goals of medical school curricula regarding the clinical competencies of graduating students were explored. Inventories listing 83 clinical skills were sent to 123 U.S. medical schools and to 462 volunteer clinical faculty members at the University of Utah School of Medicine. The responding medical schools singled out 43 clinical skills as definite goals of their curricula, and the practicing physicians identified 49 clinical skills in which graduating medical students should be competent. The study provided an easy mechanism to compare the clinical expectations of practicing physicians and of medical schools regarding medical students.