Objective To determine the relative accuracy and sensitivity to change of 14 measures
commonly used to assess arthritis activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods …

Objective Assessor‐based disease activity measures such as the Disease Activity Score in
28 joints (DAS28), although widely used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), have high …

Objective To determine the reliability of self-assessment of disease by patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a particular emphasis on the assessment of articular swelling …

Objective To determine the reliability of some commonly used outcome measures in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods We studied 22 consecutive patients with rheumatoid …

Objective. To evaluate the uses of quantitative disease activity scoring and a physician
global assessment of disease activity for managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in …

There is no agreement as to which variable best mirrors disease activity in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) and no studies have been performed on the validity of disease activity …

Objectives To assess (A) determinants of patient's global assessment of disease activity
(PTGL) and patient's assessment of general health (GH) scores of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Changes in clinical and laboratory measures of disease activity were studied prospectively
in 12 European centers. Altogether 282 rheumatoid patients were evaluated during 6 …

Objective Although the systematic measurement of disease activity facilitates clinical
decision making in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), no recommendations currently exist on which …

Objective. This study documents the measurement properties of a brief, self‐administered
questionnaire of disease signs and symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods …