Decreasing delays in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in Brazil: a nationwide multicenter observational study.
Cleandro Pires De AlbuquerqueAna Paula Monteiro Gomides ReisAna Beatriz Vargas SantosManoel Barros BértoloPaulo Louzada JúniorRina Dalva Neubarth GiorgiSebastião Cezar RadominskiMaria Fernanda B Resende GuimarãesKarina Rossi BonfiglioliMaria de Fátima L da Cunha SaumaIvânio Alves PereiraClaiton Viegas BrenolLicia Maria Henrique da MotaLeopoldo Santos-NetoGeraldo R Castelar PinheiroPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2023)
The delays in diagnosis and treatment of RA decreased during the last decades in Brazil. Improvements (effect sizes) were greater at eliminating extreme delays (≥ 12 months) than in attaining really short management windows (≤ 3 months). Very early treatment was still an unrealistic goal for most patients with RA.