Objective: To determine the feasibility, reliability and validity of the childhood health assessment questionnaire--modified for Arab children (CHAQ--MAC).
Methods: One hundred and eighteen modified questionnaires were completed by 75 juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) patients and their parents attending the Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over an 18 month period (January 1996 to May 1997).
Results: The modified questionnaire was self-administered by 82% of the parents.