Combining patient-reported outcome measures to screen for active disease in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether a combination of general health (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)), Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI), pain (VAS/Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)), quality of life (EQ-5D), fatigue (VAS/NRS) and presenteeism (0%-100% productivity loss) could aid as a screening tool to detect active disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Methods

RA patients from the tREACH trial and TARA trial (n=683) and PsA patients from the DEPAR cohort (n=525) were included. The association of a deterioration in the aforementioned patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) scores between two consecutive visits and having active disease was assessed. Active disease was defined as a change from disease activity score (D

SUBMITTER: Looijen AEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11492953 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature