Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) reflect the patient's perspective and are used in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) routine clinical practice. Patient global assessment (PGA) is one of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be due to different
etiologies, ranging from peripheral inflammation to dysregulation of central nervous system …

Objective In 2011, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and EULAR endorsed
provisional criteria for remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), both Boolean-based and index …

Pain is the most common reason patients with inflammatory arthritis see a rheumatologist.
Patients consistently rate pain as one of their highest priorities, and pain is the single most …

Objective The main objective of this study was to compare disease burden in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA). Methods In this …

Although pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is frequently thought to be inflammatory in nature,
the association between measures of inflammation and pain intensity is low. This …

Objective In current management paradigms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patient global
assessment (PGA) is crucial to decide whether a patient has attained remission (target) or …

Baricitinib, an oral selective Janus kinase (JAK) 1/JAK2 inhibitor, is approved as
monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate for treating adults with moderate-to-severe …

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting<
1% of the population. Incompletely controlled RA results in fatigue, joint and soft tissue pain …

Pain assessment by patients is the rule in clinical trials but may not be in clinical practice.
We examined studies comparing assessment of pain by patients and professionals in …