The Development and Evaluation of Personalized Training in Shared Decision-making Skills for Rheumatologists.

Objective: Many factors influence a patient's preference in engaging in shared decision making (SDM). Several training programs have been developed for teaching SDM to physicians, but none of them focused on the patients' preferences. We developed an SDM training program for rheumatologists with a specific focus on patients' preferences and assessed its effects.

Systematic review of rheumatoid arthritis clinical studies: Suboptimal statistical analysis of radiological data.

Introduction: The distribution of progression scores in rheumatoid arthritis is highly skewed, requiring advanced statistical analysis techniques, with different techniques resulting in different outcomes.

Methods: Three databases were searched to identify rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials and observational studies that described radiographic analysis techniques, comparing at least two groups.

Results: Of 5980 identified papers, 225 were eligible for data extraction.

Quality in rheumatoid arthritis care.

While most rheumatology practices are characterized by strong commitment to quality of care and continuous improvement to limit disability and optimize quality of life for patients and their families, the actual step toward improvement is often difficult. This is because there are still barriers to be addressed and facilitators to be captured before a satisfying and cost-effective practice management is installed. Therefore, this review aims to assist practicing rheumatologists with quality improvement of their daily practice, focusing on care for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.