The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 201-205 , March 2010

Nurse-Guided Completion of the BASDAI Questionnaire in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients with Low Literacy

  • Umut Kalyoncu

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Dilek Nakas

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Mutlu Hayran

      Affiliations

    • Mutlu Hayran, MD, is in the preventive oncology department at the university.
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  • Laure Gossec

      Affiliations

    • Laure Gossec, MD, is part of the medicine faculty at the Paris Descartes University in Paris, France.
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  • Omer Karadag

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Ali Akdogan

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Sedat Kiraz

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Meral Calguneri

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Ihsan Ertenli

      Affiliations

    • Umut Kalyoncu, MD, Dilek Nakas, Omer Karadag, MD, Ali Akdogan, MD, Sedat Kiraz, MD, Meral Calguneri, MD, and Ihsan Ertenli, MD, are in the rheumatology division of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.

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 In compliance with national ethical guidelines, the authors report no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.

PII: S1555-4155(09)00399-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.06.002

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 201-205 , March 2010

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