Detailled Information

Name of the Instrument/Tool Severity of MJS
First Description

Bacci ED, DeLozier AM, Lin CY, et al. Psychometric properties of morning joint stiffness duration and severity measures in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017;15(1):239. Published 2017 Dec 6. doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0813-7

Year 2017
Domains
Concept of constructs Stiffness
Population/Disease Disease specific
Originally developed for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Other rheumatic diseases
where can be applied (only if validated)
Any RMD
Additional population with no rheumatic diseases No
Language: Originally published in English
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REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION
Author/s Bacci ED, DeLozier AM, Lin CY, et al.
Title Psychometric properties of morning joint stiffness duration and severity measures in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. 2
Journal Health Qual Life Outcomes.
Year 2017
Vol 15
Num 1
Pages 239
Country USA
Language English
Other references of interest
Link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29212515/
Brief Description

This study concludes that Duration of MJS and Severity of MJS PROs demonstrated reliability, validity, and responsiveness in adults with moderately to severely active RA, supporting the measurement of these key symptoms in clinical trials.

Instrument/Tool Translations References
No other References.
DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION
Correspondence to Elizabeth D. Bacci
E-Mail elizabeth.bacci@evidera.com.
Address Evidera, Inc, 1417 4th Avenue, Suite 510, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT
Type Of Measure Questionnaire
Brief Description

Severity of MJS, is a single-item PROs designed to capture the severity of MJS experienced that day, respectively. Patient’s were asked to complete each at the end of their day. 

Number of Items 1
Range 0-10
Responses options/scale No
Developed for Clinical practice, Research
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Method of administration Online/Mail based
Recommendations to score

Patients were asked: “Please rate the overall level of morning joint stiffness you had from the time you woke up today.” It is anchored at 0 and 10, where 0 represents “no joint stiffness,” and 10 represents “joint stiffness as bad as you can imagine".

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Completion time by the patient 1 minutes
Scoring time by the assessor 1 minutes
Training to score Not necessary
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OTHER COMMENTS
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