RESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To tested the reliability and validity of Aofas in a sample of rheumatoid arthritis patients. METHODS: The scale was applicable to rheumatoid arthritis patients, twice by the interviewer 1 and once by the interviewer 2. The Aofas was subjected to test-retest reliability analysis (with 20 Rheumatoid arthritis subjects). The psychometric properties were investigated using Rasch analysis on 33 Rheumatoid arthritis patients. RESULTS: Intra-Class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) were (0.90Assuntos
Artrite Reumatoide/fisiopatologia
, Ortopedia/normas
, Psicometria
, Inquéritos e Questionários/normas
, Brasil
, Humanos
, Ortopedia/métodos
, Qualidade de Vida
, Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
, Perfil de Impacto da Doença
, Sociedades Médicas
, Estados Unidos