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Australian adaptation and external validation of Commissioning for Quality in Rheumatoid Arthritis-RA-Patient Reported Experience Measure (CQRA-RA-PREM).
Rheumatol Adv Pract
August 2024
School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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- * Researchers asked patients about the survey and made changes based on their feedback, then many patients filled it out to gather results.
- * The results showed that the survey is a good way to measure how patients feel about their care, and it gives a useful score that can help doctors understand their patients better.
Does the Change of Weather Influence Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Patients' Self-Assessment via WebApp.
J Clin Med
September 2024
Rheumazentrum Ostschweiz, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The aim was to evaluate the influence of weather parameters on disease activity assessed by Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID) scores via a Web-based smartphone application (WebApp). Correlation of changes of temperature (change of temperature, °C) and air pressure (change of air pressure, hPa) two days prior to and weekly self-assessment of disease activity by RAPID-3 scores over three months. To define background noise and quadrants of weather changes, we defined a central quadrant ± 2 hPa and ± 2° C, called E1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan a simple 0-10 RheuMetric physician estimate of inflammatory activity (DOCINF) depict a detailed swollen joint count (SJC) as accurately as a DAS28 or CDAI in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Semin Arthritis Rheum
October 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia; South Western Sydney Rheumatology Research Group, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research; University of New South Wales, Medicine and Health, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Objective: To compare a 0-10 physician subglobal estimate of inflammatory activity (DOCINF) on a RheuMetric checklist to a formal swollen joint count (SJC) and other rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Core data set measures in a disease activity score 28 (DAS28), clinical disease activity index (CDAI), and simplified disease activity index (SDAI) in patients with RA, recognizing that RA measures, index scores and physician global assessment (DOCGL) may be elevated by joint damage and patient distress, independent of inflamamtory activity, and that formal joint counts are not recorded at most routine care visits.
Methods: A cross-sectional study at a routine care visit included a RheuMetric checklist completed by a rheumatologist, with four 0-10 visual numeric scales (VNS) for DOCGL, and three sub-global estimates for inflammatory activity (DOCINF), joint damage (DOCDAM), and patient distress (DOCDIS), e.g.
Assessing fatigue in women over 50 years with rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive case-control study using the FACIT-F scale.
Front Med (Lausanne)
July 2024
Department of Rheumatology, IDIBELL-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Introduction: Data on prevalence of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in the era of biological treatments remains scarce, with a lack of case-control studies. This study evaluates the prevalence of fatigue in Spanish women over 50 years with RA using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) scale, explores its association with RA-related variables, and seeks to identify the primary factors influencing fatigue. Ultimately, our objective is to underscore the clinical significance of fatigue as a comorbidity and to advocate for its systematic evaluation in routine clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhysician estimate of inflammation global assessment in explaining variations in swollen joint counts in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Rheumatol Adv Pract
April 2024
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Objective: To analyse patients with RA for inflammatory activity by physician estimate of global assessment (DOCGL) an estimate of inflammatory activity (DOCINF) to explain variation in the swollen joint count (SJC).
Methods: Patients with RA were studied at routine care visits. Patients completed a multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ) and the physician completed a 28-joint count for swollen (SJC), tender (TJC) and deformed (DJC) joints and a RheuMetric checklist with a 0-10 DOCGL visual numeric scale (VNS) and 0-10 VNS estimates of inflammation (DOCINF), damage (DOCDAM) and patient distress (DOCSTR).
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