Relevance and feasibility of a systematic screening of multimorbidities in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Objectives: EULAR recently proposed to screen multimorbidities in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases. The aims of the study were to define the most common multimorbidities in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, compare the screening approach performed in the clinic with the recent EULAR recommendations, validate the points to consider for the systematic standardized multimorbidity screening proposed by EULAR and assess feasibility of such a screening in a daily clinic.

Methods: Data were collected prospectively during a 1-day multimorbidity clinic.