Patient-reported 28 swollen and tender joint counts accurately represent RA disease activity and can be used to assess therapy responses at the group level

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2098-2103

  Riazzoli, Jenny ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^b   Teleman, Annika ^c   Petersson, Ingemar F ^b   Rantapää Dahlqvist, Solbritt ^d   Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^b   van Vollenhoven, Ronald F ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DAS 28; EULAR response; Patient reported joint counts; Tablet personal computer

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DATA COLLECTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649341605     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq197     Document Type: Article

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