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    Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)

    [ Distributed by Mapi Research Trust ]

    Author(s)
    Fries James F
    Purpose
      Pathology:
    Generic

      Disease:
    All

      Objective:
    To assess the difficulty in performing activities of daily living (Originally designed for adult arthritics, it has been used in a wide range of research settings)

      Population:
    Adult
    Characteristics
      Type of instrument:
    Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)
    Physical functioning

      Mode of administration:
    Interviewer-administered
    Self-administered
    Telephone-administered

      Number of items:
    Disability Index section: 20; Pain Scale: 1; Global Health Status: 1

      Existence of database:
    Yes

    [ Identification form available in the restricted level ]

      Time recall:
    The past week
     
    Language(s)
      Original language:
    English for the USA

      List of existing translations:
    (the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

    HAQ


    Version published in Fries JF, British Journal of Rheumatology, 1983

    Afrikaans*
    Finnish*
    Mandarin Chinese for Malaysia*
    Spanish for Puerto Rico*
    Arabic for Egypt*
    French*
    Mandarin Chinese for Singapore*
    Spanish for the USA*
    Arabic for Lebanon*
    French for Belgium*
    Mandarin Chinese for Taiwan*
    Spanish for Venezuela*
    Arabic for Saudi Arabia*
    French for Canada*
    Marathi*
    Swedish*
    Bulgarian*
    French for Switzerland*
    Norwegian*
    Tagalog*
    Cantonese Chinese for China*
    Georgian*
    Polish*
    Tamil*
    Cantonese  for Hong Kong*
    German *
    Portuguese *
    Telugu*
    Cebuano*
    German for Austria *
    Portuguese for Brazil *
    Thai*
    Croatian*
    German for Switzerland *
    Romanian*
    Turkish*
    Czech*
    Greek*
    Russian*
    Ukrainian*
    Danish*
    Hebrew*
    Russian for Estonia*
    Urdu for India*
    Dutch *
    Hindi*
    Russian for Latvia*
    Vietnamese*
    Dutch for Belgium*
    Hungarian*
    Russian for Ukraine *
     
    English for Australia*
    Icelandic*
    Serbian*
     
    English for Canada*
    Italian *
    Slovak*
     
    English for Hong Kong*
    Italian for Switzerland *
    Slovenian*
     
    English for India*
    Kannada*
    Spanish*
     
    English for Israel
    Korean*
    Spanish for Argentina*
     
    English for Malaysia*
    Latvian*
    Spanish for Chile*
     
    English for New-Zealand*
    Lithuanian*
    Spanish for Colombia
     
    English for Singapore*
    Malay*
    Spanish for Costa Rica*
     
    English for South-Africa*
    Malay for Singapore
    Spanish for Guatemala*
     
    English for the UK*
    Malayalam*
    Spanish for Mexico*
     
    Estonian*
    Mandarin Chinese for China*
    Spanish for Peru*
     
     

    DI section only

    English for Israel
    Malay for Singapore
    Spanish for Colombia

     

    Global Health Status item only

    Czech*
    French*
    Greek*
    Russian*
    Dutch*
    French for Canada*
    Polish*
    Spanish*
    English for the UK*
    German*
    Romanian*
     

     

    * translations performed by the Mapi Research Institute

     


    Last update: November 2008
    Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2007


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