A quarter of patients time their early rheumatoid arthritis onset differently than physicians.
Leah EllingwoodFatima KudaevaOrit SchieirSusan J BartlettLouis BessetteGilles BoireGlen S HazlewoodCarol HitchonEdward KeystoneDiane TinCarter ThorneVivian P BykerkJanet E Popenull nullPublished in: RMD open (2019)
Over one-fourth of patients reported differences of >1 month in symptom onset from their rheumatologist. Patients with longer symptom durations had less improvement at 1 year, which may be reflective of comorbid musculoskeletal conditions.