Background An important but often insufficient aspect of care in people with inflammatory
arthritis (IA) is empowering patients to acquire a good understanding of their disease and …

Overdiagnosis is a term coined by experts in cancer screening to point to indolent cancers
detected by screening that would have never led to manifest health problems …

Fatigue is one of the most important symptoms for patients with RA, and imposes a great
burden on patients' lives, being associated with significantly reduced health-related quality …

Individual differences in emotional functioning, pain appraisal processing, and perceived
social support may play a relevant role in the subjective experience of pain. Due to the …

With great interest we read the viewpoint from Professor Landewé, 1 calling for more
caution, research and debate regarding the risks of overdiagnosis and overtreatment in …

Objective: This umbrella review aimed to determine the effectiveness of non-
pharmacological and non-surgical interventions on the impact of rheumatoid arthritis …

Background The 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28) is a widely used measure to assess
disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The DAS28-P index, a derived proportion of the …

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) considerably impacts patients' mental health.
However, it is largely unclear how people suffering from RA experience psychological stress …

Background This study aimed to examine how personality traits, social support and clinical
features including pain, disease activity, functional status, sleep quality, and fatigue …

FASC. 37/4 IMPAGINATO 1-194.indd Page 1 Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2019
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2019; 37: 641-648. Multifactorial explanatory model of …