Sources of discrepancy in patient and physician global assessments of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1293-1296

  Nicolau, Giuliana ^a   Yogui, Melissa M ^a   Vallochi, Tatiana L ^a   Gianini, Reinaldo J ^a,b   Laurindo, Ieda M M ^a   Novaes, Gilberto S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Global assessment; Health status; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLAMMATION; JOINT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 3042811084     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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