Pain and Self-reported Swollen Joints Are Main Drivers of Patient-reported Flares in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a 12-month Observational Study.
Dorota KuettelJette PrimdahlUlrich WeberLene TerslevMikkel ØstergaardRandi PetersenAndreas Kristian PedersenSören MöllerKim Hørslev-PetersenPublished in: The Journal of rheumatology (2019)
In RA, self-reported flares were frequent, mainly managed by analgesics, substantiated by higher disease activity measures, independently associated with pain and patient-reported swollen joints, and related to treatment escalation.
Keyphrases
- patient reported
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- chronic pain
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- interstitial lung disease
- postoperative pain
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- replacement therapy
- spinal cord injury