A tool to identify recent or present rheumatoid arthritis flare from both patient and physician perspectives: The 'FLARE' instrument

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1110-1116

  Berthelot, Jean Marie ^a   De Bandt, Michel ^b   Morel, Jacques ^c   Benatig, Fatima ^d,e   Constantin, Arnaud ^f,g   Gaudin, Philippe ^h   Le Loet, Xavier ⁱ   Maillefert, Jean Francis ^j   Meyer, Olivier ^e,k,l   Pham, Thao ^m   Saraux, Alain ⁿ   Solau Gervais, Elisabeth ^o   Spitz, Elisabeth ^d,e   Wendling, Daniel ^p,q   Fautrel, Bruno ^k,r,s   Guillemin, Francis ^d,e,t  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier d'Aulnay Sous Bois   (France)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^h Hopital Sud CHU de Grenoble   (France)

ⁱ ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^k Faculté UFR de Médecine   (France)

^l ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^m HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

ⁿ SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^o POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^p UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^r SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^s PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FLARE ASSESSMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862583779     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.150656     Document Type: Article

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