Publications by authors named "Ellen Sauar Norli"
Objective: To assess the 2-year effect on disease activity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of implementing a clinical practice treat-to-target (T2T) strategy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Patients in the Norwegian Very Early Arthritis Cohort 2.0 (NOR-VEAC 2.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the types of inflammatory arthritis (IA) diagnosed in patients with symptoms lasting less than 16 weeks and their outcomes after two years.
- Data from a Norwegian clinic involving 1,017 patients showed that common diagnoses included undifferentiated arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, with 59% of patients experiencing resolution of their arthritis without needing disease-modifying treatments.
- After two years, significant improvements were observed in pain, fatigue, and overall health-related quality of life among those followed, indicating positive clinical outcomes regardless of the initial diagnosis.
Objective: The present study was undertaken to investigate the joint distribution and 2-year outcome of patients with recent-onset monoarthritis.
Methods: Adult patients with clinically apparent monoarthritis of ≤16 weeks' duration were included in a multicenter 2-year longitudinal study. Clinical characteristics, joint distribution, development of chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease (CIRD), as well as classification criteria according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2010 criteria for RA were studied.
Objectives: To study occurrence of and factors associated with self-limiting arthritis among patients fulfilling the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (2010 RA criteria) in patients with ≤16 weeks׳ duration of joint swelling.
Methods: We applied the 2010 RA criteria in 1118 patients included in a 2-year longitudinal cohort. In all, 256 patients fulfilled the 2010 RA criteria at baseline; outcome was defined as either "self-limiting arthritis" (no DMARD use during follow-up, no swollen joints at last assessment, and no final clinical diagnosis of RA) or "persistent disease.
Background: Hand exercises are recommended for patients with hand osteoarthritis (HOA), though evidence for their effect is conflicting.
Objective: To evaluate, in a randomised controlled trial, the effect of HOA information plus home-based hand exercises (exercise group) compared with information only (control group) in women with HOA.
Methods: Interventions were delivered by two occupational therapists.