This review examines the current use of health status instruments, such as questionnaires, in randomised clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A computer-assisted literature search was done using information from January 1996 until May 1997. The articles included were reviewed in a...

Obesity has a significant impact on both morbidity and mortality, as well as an individual's capacity to live a full and active life. Traditionally, outcome measures in obesity treatments have emphasised physiological variables such as amount of bodyweight lost and improvements in various health...

Alzheimer's disease is a common disorder in the elderly, and a cure is not currently available. This article summarises the intervention studies that have been done in Alzheimer's disease research and discusses assessment tools and outcome measures used in these studies. Current approaches are...