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© 1989 British Society for Rheumatology

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EVALUATION OF THE DUTCH ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES (DUTCH-AIMS) IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

E. TAAL*, J. W. JACOBS{dagger}, E. R. SEYDEL*, O. WIEGMAN* and J. J. RASKER{dagger},

*Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Twente Enschede, The Netherlands
{dagger}Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Medisch Spectrum Twente Enschede, The Netherlands

Correspondence to: Correspondence to Dr. Rasker, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Medisch Spectrum Twente, Haaksbergerstraat 55, 7513 ER Enschede, The Netherlands.

The Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) have been used to measure health status in patients with rheumatic diseases in North America. In this study, a Dutch version of this self-assessment questionnaire named the DUTCH-AIMS was evaluated in 73 Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Significant correlations between scores from the DUTCH-AIMS on the one hand and ARA functional class, haemoglobin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, self-assessments of functional impairment and perceived overall health on the other hand indicate that the scales are valid and provide good estimations of various components of the health status of the Dutch arthritic patient.

KEY WORDS: Rheumatoid arthritis, Health status, Quality of life, Self-assessment questionnaire, Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS), Dutch Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (DUTCH-AIMS)


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