Assessment of global disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis by patients and physicians: Differences across countries in the METEOR database

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 349-354

  Gvozdenovic, Emilia ^a   Wolterbeek, Ron ^a   Allaart, Cornelia F ^a   Brenol, Claiton ^b   Dougados, Maxime ^c   Emery, Paul ^d   Ferraccioli, Gianfranco ^e   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a   Kay, Jonathan ^f   Mola, Emilio Martin ^g   Moots, Rob J ^h   Da Silva, José António Pereira ⁱ   Smolen, Josef ^j   Veale, Douglas ^k   Landewé, Robert B M ^l  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rheumatology Department Hospital Clinicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^l ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Outcome measures; Patient perception; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84942524264     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000296     Document Type: Article

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