An international survey of current management practices for polymyalgia rheumatica by general practitioners and rheumatologists.
Agnete Overgaard DonskovSarah Louise MackieEllen Margrethe HaugeCarlos Enrique Toro-GutiérrezIb Tønder HansenAndrea Katharina HemmigAatke Van der MaasTamer GheitaBerit Dalsgaard NielsenKaren M J DouglasRichard ConwayElena RezusBhaskar DasguptaSara MontiEric L MattesonSebastian E SattuiMark MatzaVanessa OcampoMargarita GromovaRebecca GraingerAndrea BranSimone AppenzellerAnnelise GoeckeNelly ColmanHelen I KeenMasataka KuwanaLatika GuptaBabur SalimGhita HarifiMariam ErraouiNelly ZiadeNizar Abdulateef Al-AniAdeola AjibadeJohannes KnitzaLine FrølundMax YatesVictor R Pimentel-QuirozAndre Marun LyrioMaria SandoviciKornelis S M Van der GeestToby HelliwellElisabeth BrouwerChristian DejacoKresten Krarup KellerPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)
This large international survey indicates that a large proportion of people with PMR are not referred for diagnosis, and that the proportion of treatment naïve patients declined with increasing time from referral to assessment. Strategies are needed to change referral and management of people with PMR, to improve clinical practice and facilitate recruitment to clinical trials.