BACKGROUND There is currently no universal consensus on nomenclature for spondyloarthropathy (SpA), or on activity and severity criteria for ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHOD Points of agreement and majority opinions among 28 international experts in the field were identified by questionnaire. Agreement was defined as >80% concurrence, clear majority as >60% concurrence, and a majority or t...

OBJECTIVES To determine the influence of disease-related variables on hand cortical bone loss in women with early inflammatory arthritis (IA), and whether hand cortical bone mass predicts subsequent joint damage. METHOD Adults aged ≥ 16 years with recent onset of IA were recruited to the Norfolk Arthritis Register between 1990 and 1998, and followed prospectively. At baseline, patients had th...

Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic disabling and deforming autoimmune disease which presents frequently with articular extra features.Fibromyalgia (FM) has been reported in significant number RA cases. FM negative impact on health status, functional capacity, quality of life. Aim this study to assess disability indices Multi-Dimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MD HAQ) S...

The C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin ratio is a biomarker that has gained importance in recent years demonstrating systemic inflammation. aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship CRP/albumin with disease activity and quality life patients rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty RA were included cross-sectional study. calculated from blood individuals score-28 (DAS-28) measurement scale used ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of patients with early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) achieving disease remission and/or low disease activity after 6 months of treatment with conventional Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) by using treat-to-target approach in routine clinical practice. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Division of Rheumatology, Fatima ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of embedded nurse-led versus conventional physician-led follow-up on disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS In a systematic literature search, we identified randomised controlled trials (RCTs) reporting on the efficacy of nurse-led follow-up on disease control in patients with RA compared with physician-led follow-up. Primary out...

To characterize the functional limitation, activity limitation, risk conscience, and the social participation in people reached by hansen's disease in the post-MDT period. Cross-sectional, descriptive study, accomplished in 2006. Sixty-nine residents in Sobral that had discharge from MDT between 2003-2005 participated. The subjects were interviewed: demographic evaluation, dermato-neurological ...