OBJECTIVE: To construct a handicap assessment questionnaire for @entity309 and to determine if the concept of "participation" can replace the one of "handicap". METHODS: Selection of daily life domains and items was based on the International Classification of @entity717 and Handicap "ICIDH" and on some others handicap epidemiological studies. The questionnaire was tested among @entity309 @entity1 . The relation between handicap and participation was investigated. Statistics analysis was performed with Systat.9 program. Spearman's correlation coefficient between 2 quantitative variables was examined. RESULTS: Six among the 7 "ICIDH" domains were included in the questionnaire. Each of them was explored with many items. Forty-six items were included; each item was explored in 4 chapters:participation assessment with VAS (Visual Analogical Scale) before @entity309 and during the study; difficulties: need of help, environment accessibility, @entity1 's satisfaction, feeling of devalorization; @entity1 's propositions;handicap assessment with VAS; other questions were added in some particular items. Thirty @entity1 were included in the study (23 @entity1 ), the average age was 51 years. Five @entity1 didn't understand the meaning of "Handicap".This study allows us to eliminate 2 items, to add 2 others and to ameliorate 1 of them. Correlation between handicap and participation was moderate to bad. CONCLUSION: This questionnaire allows to explore @entity309 handicap. Each domain of the daily life can be assessed separately. The main difficulties are the length and the impossibility to be self-administered. Handicap and participation probably assess different concepts or are differently understood by @entity1 .

[Development of XXXX functional handicap assessment questionnaire: preliminary study].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['Impairment Disability'] @entity309 :: ('MESH:D001172', 'Disease') :: ['rheumatoid arthritis']
@entity309 :: (MESH:D001172,Disease) :: ['rheumatoid arthritis']
