FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT MEASURES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS

KÜÇÜKDEVECİ A. A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.14, ss.37-44, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 14
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.37-44
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Osteoarthritis, Evaluation, Disability, Instrumentation, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDITY, SF-36 HEALTH SURVEY, TURKISH VERSION, OUTCOME MEASURE, DISABILITY SCALE, RELIABILITY, VALIDATION, ARTHRITIS, WOMAC
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent rheumatic disease in the population. Goals in the management of osteoarthritis are to control pain and disease, to protect and enhance function and to improve health status and quality of life. As osteoarthritis has negative effects on functional activities of the individuals, functional assessment is essential for outcome evaluation in both planning and execution phases of the treatment and rehabilitation. Functional assessment is the measurement of an individual's abilities in performing tasks necessary to daily living, leisure activities, vocational pursuits, social interactions and other required behaviours. Various instruments have been developed in order to quantify function for objective functional assessment. These instruments can be either generic or disease specific. In this article, firstly basic concepts regarding functional assessment will be mentioned, afterwards generic and specific instruments used for functional evaluation in osteoarthritis will be considered.