Current guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend early
treatment and a treat-to-target goal of remission or low disease activity. Over the past …

Despite its inclusion in current treatment recommendations, adherence to the treat-to-target
strategy (T2T) is still poor. Among the issues are the definition (s) of target, especially the …

Background: There is increasing interest in defining meaningful improvement in patient-
reported outcomes. Knowledge of the thresholds and determinants for successful …

Background and Objectives To describe myasthenia gravis activities of daily living (MG-
ADL) in relation to clinical characteristics in a large Swedish nationwide cohort. Methods In a …

Objectives The aims of the present research were to assess the prevalence of frailty and its
potential associated factors in a cohort of adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Background: The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 has been
used to measure postoperative disability in several clinical trials and cohort studies. It is …

Objectives To estimate patient-acceptable symptom state (PASS) cut points for myasthenia
gravis (MG) health scales. Methods We conducted an electronic survey that included the …

Background Clinically important thresholds improve interpretability of patient-reported
outcomes. A threshold for a successful outcome does not exist for the Forgotten Joint Score …

Objective The aim was to assess how the patient-reported outcome RA impact of disease
(RAID) relates to DAS28 categories in routine care, its utility in identifying patients in DAS28 …

Methods: In consecutive RA patients in moderate or high disease activity, according to the
Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) definition, were computed four additional composite …