Patient self-assessment and physician's assessment of rheumatoid arthritis activity: Which is more realistic in remission status? A comparison with ultrasonography

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2243-2250

  Janta, Iustina ^a,b   Naredo, Esperanza ^a   Martínez Estupiñán, Lina ^a   Nieto, Juan Carlos ^a   De la Torre, Inmaculada ^a   Valor, Lara ^a   Estopiñán, Lidia ^a,c   Bello, Natalia ^a   Hinojosa, Michelle ^a   González, Carlos Manuel ^a   López Longo, Javier ^a   Monteagudo, Indalecio ^a   Montoro, María ^a   Carreño, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Patient assessment; Physician assessment; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION;

PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84887713301     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket297     Document Type: Article

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