... two geographically defined communi-ties, and four university clinics. Patients were entered into the cohort by their clinicians in the respective centers or by direct advertising in particular ... face-to-face in a clinical setting or in atelephone interview format by trained outcome assessors.Eight functional categories are assessed specifically by the HAQ: dressing and grooming, arising, eating, ... walking,hygiene, reach, grip, and common daily activities. For each of these domains, patients report the amount of difficultythey have had in performing two to three specific activities in the...