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Measurement instrument
Reliability
Validity
Scale development
Responsiveness
Internal consistency (Cronbach’s a)
Test- retest (ICC) Content
Construct (Pearson or Spearman’s
r )
Concurrent (Pearson or Spearman’s r )
Hypothesis a priori
Confi
rmatory
factor analysis
Rasch analysis
MCID, SDC, ES, Guyatt’s RR or >20 % change in scores
SF-36
0.75–0.97
0.40–0.90
Ceiling
PCS: tophi ( r
= 0.277),
swollen joints ( r
= −0.334),
painful joints ( r
= −0.544),
fl ares last year ( r
= −0.369);
MCS: painful joints ( r
= −0.436),
freq. of fl
ares
( r
= −0.321)
NR
NR
NR
NR
Colchicine: ES for PCS = 0.3 (small), ES for MCS = 0.16 (negligible)
RP = 18.4 %, SF = 32.7 %, RE = 58.6 %
Colchicine + ULT: ES for PCS = 0.99 (large) ES for MCS = 0.08 (negligible), MCID (all subjects) 70 % for PCS and 38 % in MCS
PF 10
0.94
NR
NR
Excellent/very good health = 71.91, good = 74.27, fair/poor = 39.33
HAQ-DI ( r
= −0.75),
SF-36 [0.30 (MH)-0.68 (RP)]
Yes
NR
NR
NR
Modifi
ed with permission from Chandratre P, Roddy E, Clarson L, Richardson J, Hider SL, Mallen CD. Health-related quality of life in
gout: A systematic
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HAQ-DI
Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index;
GAQ
Gout Assessment Questionnaire,
SF-36
Short Form-36,
PF-10
Physical Functioning
Subscale,
MCS
Mental Component Score,
PCS
Physical Component Score,
MCID
Minimal Clinically Important Difference,
NR
Not reported,
ES
Effect size
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