Publications by authors named "Filippo Gandini"
Objectives: To translate the functional index for hand osteoarthritis (FIHOA) into Italian and to evaluate its reliability and validity in Italian patients with hand osteoarthritis (HOA).
Methods: The original French FIHOA was translated into Italian according to the guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation and then administered to 72 outpatients with HOA, together with the visual analogue scale of pain (VAS), the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Test-retest reliability was verified by having all patients fill out the Italian version of FIHOA again 1 week later.