As an initial step in a project to apply health status measures in routine clinical practice, we developed and tested patient profiles based on the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) instrument.
Comparisons of five health status instruments for orthopaedic evaluation.
The utility of the arthritis impact measurement scales for patients with psoriatic arthritis.
Evaluation of a Dutch version of the AIMS2 for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8761188Development and initial validation of a dual-language English-Spanish format for the Arthritis ImpactMeasurement Scales.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2775323Quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: validation of a Spanish version of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales(Spanish-AIMS).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7966065