Influence of large joint involvement on patient-physician discordance in global assessment of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity analyzed by a novel joint index.
Mayu TagoTetsuji SawadaSusumu NishiyamaKoichiro TaharaEri KatoHaeru HayashiHiroaki MoriJinju NishinoToshihiro MatsuiShigeto TohmaPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2018)
RA care providers should focus on pain and functional disability to decrease PGA-PhGA discordance. High disease activity and large joint involvement decreased PGA-PhGA discordance, indicating that the number and distribution of affected joints influenced the perception of disease activity by patients with RA and their physicians.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- primary care
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- pain management
- chronic pain
- emergency department
- multiple sclerosis
- palliative care
- case report
- neuropathic pain
- quality improvement
- affordable care act
- spinal cord injury