Open AccessComparison of Dutch and US patients' perceptions of the effects of Wegener's granulomatosis on health, function, income, and interpersonal relationships: Comment on the article by Hoffman et al
Author(s) -
Boomsma M. M.,
Stegeman C. A.,
Cohen Tervaert J. W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
arthritis & rheumatism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1529-0131
pISSN - 0004-3591
DOI - 10.1002/1529-0131(199911)42:11<2495::aid-anr35>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - university hospital , medicine , psychology , library science , family medicine , computer science
(1998), in which patient-perceivedeffects of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) on health, function, income, and interpersonalrelationships were reported. From this investigation it could be concluded that WG has amajor impact on quality-of-life issues.Some limitations of this study, however, were apparent. One of the major limitations was thatthe investigation was performed as a single-site study. Whether the results are also applicableto patients in other parts of the world is still unknown. We thus studied patient-perceivedeffects of WG in our patient population in Groningen and compared our findings with thoseobtained in the Cleveland study. The questionnaire that was used by Hoffman