Shared care or nursing consultations as an alternative to rheumatologist follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis outpatients with low disease activity-patient outcomes from a 2-year, randomised controlled trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 357-364

  Primdahl, Jette ^a,b   Sørensen, Jan ^a   Horn, Hans Christian ^c   Petersen, Randi ^b   Hørslev Petersen, Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b King Christian the Xth Hospital   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 12; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84891748081     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202695     Document Type: Article

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