Rheumatoid Arthritis

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Minimally Important Difference for the Fatigue Visual Analog Scale in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Followed in an Academic Clinical Practice — Dec 31, 2007

Estimates the minimally important difference for a fatigue visual analog scale (VAS) using patient-reported anchors (fatigue, pain, and overall health). This information can aid in interpreting fatigue VAS in day-to-day care in clinical practice.

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The Complexity of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Metrics for Better Understanding Chronic Disease Care — Dec 31, 2006

Patients with RA have frequent encounters with multiple providers and also frequent discontinuity of care. Recognizing the complexity of the care of patients with a chronic disease across multiple dimensions provides an opportunity to better understand challenges and opportunities in delivering high quality care.

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Methods to Develop Arthritis and Osteoporosis Measures: A View from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) — Dec 31, 2006

The key challenge to the feasibility of arthritis performance measures is the lack of administrative data to identify the eligible population.

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Assessment of American College of Rheumatology Quality Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Pre-Quality Criteria Patient Cohort — Dec 31, 2006

The ACR-endorsed quality measures for RA can be assessed using available data sources. When both self-report and medical record data are used, adherence rates, designed to serve as minimum standards of care, were moderate or high for most measures. Prior to using indicators to compare quality across groups, specific strategies for operationalizing measures and for using accurate data sources to assess adherence to the measures should be…

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NEWS RELEASE

RAND Study Finds Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall — Apr 4, 2006

April 4, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall.

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Application of Explicit Process of Care Measurement to Rheumatoid Arthritis: Moving from Evidence to Practice — Dec 31, 2005

The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of rates of change in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) and/or systemic corticosteroid drug or dose for 568 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) across 6,159 clinical encounters within 12 months to examine how changes in clinical specifications change adherence.

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Revalidation of the Original Cedars-Sinai Health-Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire — Dec 31, 2005

These results support the validity and reliability of both the original CSHQ-RA and the 11-item CSHQ-RA SF when tested in a representative patient population.

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Payback Arising from Research Funding: Evaluation of the Arthritis Research Campaign — Dec 31, 2004

There is a wide diversity of research payback. Short focused project grants seem to provide value for money.

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Measuring Preference Weights for American College of Rheumatology Response Criteria for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis — Dec 31, 2004

To estimate weights for health states comprising American College of Rheumatology (ACR) response and different levels of adverse events associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments.

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Using Orthotics to Improve Pain and Function Status in Children with Arthritis — Dec 31, 2004

This paper studied foot pain and treatment options for children with juvenile arthritis, in particular the use of custom-made orthotics.

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Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Lipids and Glycemic Control in Type II Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome and on Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Renal Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Osteoporosis — Dec 31, 2003

The objectives of this study were to assess the effect of omega-3 fatty acids on 1) total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and insulin resistance in type-II diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, 2) clinical score, sigmoidoscopic score, histologic score and requirement for immunosuppressive therapy in IBD, 3) pain, swollen and tender joint counts, acute phase reactants, patient global assessment, and requirement…

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Case Finding for Population-Based Studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparison of Patient Self-Reported ACR Criteria-Based Algorithms to Physician-Implicit Review for Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis — Dec 31, 2003

These findings have important implications for health services research and quality improvement interventions pertinent to case finding for RA through self-report data.

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Development and Validation of Cedars-Sinai Health-Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CSHQ-RA) Short Form Instrument — Dec 31, 2003

The abridged CSHQ-RA short form is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to examine the impact of RA on patients' health-related quality of life.

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Development and Evaluation of a Patient Self-Report Case-Finding Method for Rheumatoid Arthritis — Dec 31, 2003

The case-finding method represents a promising tool for identifying RA patients, with potential application in research and quality-assurance activities.

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Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: The Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set for Analgesics — Dec 31, 2003

To develop systematically validated quality indicators (QIs) addressing analgesic safety.

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Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: Methods for Developing the Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set — Dec 31, 2003

To develop a comprehensive set of explicit process measures to assess the quality of health care for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and analgesics use.

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Validation of a Rheumatoid Arthritis Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument, the CSHQ-RA — Dec 31, 2002

These results support the construct validity, discriminant validity, and reliability of the CSHQ-RA as a measure that captures the impact of RA on patients' health-related quality of life.

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Development of a New Instrument for Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Cedar-Sinai Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument CSHRQ-RA — Dec 31, 2002

The CSHQ-RA consists of 33 items that address 5 HRQOL domains, each with high internal consistency.

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REPORT

Combinatietherapie bij reumatoide artritis: Prioriteiten voor toekomstig onderzoek [Combination Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Priorities for Future Research] — Jan 1, 2001

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REPORT

Systematic Review of Combination DMARD Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis — Dec 31, 1999

This review is part of a study for the Dutch Health Care Insurance Council to develop a generic method for examining combinations of medications.

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