Go to... 1. Bath Indices Index 2. Introduction 3. The Bath As Metrology Index (BASMI) 4. The Bath As Functional Index (BASFI) 5. The Bath As Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) 6. The Bath As Patient Global Score (BAS-G) 7. Table One: A Guide to Obtaining the BASMI Measurements 8. Tables two and three: Calculating the scores for each of the BASMI measurements 9. The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) 10. The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) 11. The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Global Score (BAS-G) 12. References 13. Bibliography

The Bath Indices.
Outcome Measures for use with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Patients

A synopsis of the creation of the Bath Indices and the research
investigating the effectiveness of them.

Produced by Karen Irons (MCSP, MMACP) for NASS*
With the assistance of Claire Jeffries (MCSP) and AStretch**
March 2004

*NASS – National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society.
**AStretch is a nationwide group of Physiotherapists, led by the Physiotherapy
advisor to NASS, with a special interest in the management of AS.

Karen Irons and Claire Jeffries work for Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust
Working in Partnership with East Hants PCT and Fareham & Gosport PCT

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