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Disability and quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: assessment and perspectives
No full textThis paper reviews the literature and discusses the major issues regarding mainly measures of physical function (e.g., mobility or daily activities) and health status, including some so called HRQOL instruments
Clinical disease activity assessments in rheumatoid arthritis
No full textOver the years, the growing need to standardize methodologies in rheumatoid arthritis, to improve the clinical management and evaluation of the effectiveness of treatments, has led to the development of different assessment tools. Since there is no gold standard for measuring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, a variety of instruments, which include continuous measures of disease activity and patient-reported outcomes questionnaires, have been described and used for this purpose. Although they were originally developed to be used in clinical trials, some of these tools have been adopted in daily practice. Clear evidence from several studies has shown that treatment decisions driven by quantitative monitoring of the disease significantly improve patient outcomes. This review provides a comprehensive overview of assessment tools currently available in rheumatoid arthritis that are used in clinical trials and daily practice, highlighting their main features and limitations
The fate of the patient with musculoskeletal disorders in Italy: an epidemiological insight
No full textInterobserver variation in quantitative analysis of hand radiographs in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of 3 different reading procedures
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Progress of the anatomical damage in rheumatoid hands. Radiography of the natural course of the disease or of the course during treatment?
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