Development of patient-centred standards of care for rheumatoid arthritis in Europe: the eumusc.net project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The eumusc.net project is a European Union (EU) commission and European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)funded project that aims to facilitate equal standards for musculoskeletal health in all EU countries. One work-package was to develop evidence-based and patient-centred standards of care (SOC), for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) understandable for patients and professionals across Europe.

Method

A review of documents covering clinical practice 'guidelines' and SOC for RA was conducted. The obtained documents were evaluated using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) criteria, and all recommended methods to treat RA were extracted. Based on this information, a three-round Delphi exercise was performed including a consensus group meetin

SUBMITTER: Stoffer MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995221 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature