Prevalence of frailty and its associated factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional analysis.

Fausto SalaffiMarco Di CarloSonia FarahEleonora Di DonatoMarina Carotti

Published in: Clinical rheumatology (2019)

Frailty or pre-frailty are common in RA. The SHARE-FI may be a useful tool for the screening of frailty in RA and may summarize the results of a comprehensive RA assessment providing a marker of deficits accumulation.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
community dwelling
disease activity
traumatic brain injury
ankylosing spondylitis
risk factors
interstitial lung disease
systemic lupus erythematosus
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis