Remission or Not Remission, That's the Question: Shedding Light on Remission and the Impact of Objective and Subjective Measures Reflecting Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Alen BrkicKatarzyna ŁosińskaAre Hugo PrippMariusz KorkoszGlenn HaugebergPublished in: Rheumatology and therapy (2022)
Since PGA is strongly associated with the patient's perception of pain and may not reflect the inflammatory process, our study challenges the application of remission-assessing methods containing PGA when monitoring RA patients in the outpatient clinic. We recommend using measures that are less likely to be associated with noninflammatory pain and psychosocial factors.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- chronic pain
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- pain management
- ejection fraction
- neuropathic pain
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- interstitial lung disease
- mental health
- oxidative stress
- postoperative pain
- spinal cord injury