biostudies-literaturevan Dijk BTEuropean Research CouncilReumaNederlande040148https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7737110biostudies-literatureUnknown10(12)<h4>Objectives</h4>Healthcare professionals other than rheumatologists experience difficulties in detecting early inflammatory arthritis (IA) by joint examination. Self-reported symptoms are increasingly considered as helpful and could be incorporated in online tools to assist healthcare professionals, but first their discriminative ability must be assessed. As part of this effort, we evaluated whether inquiring about functional impairments could aid early IA identification.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional derivation and validation study.<h4>Setting</h4>Data from two Early Arthritis Recognition Clinics (EARC) in the Netherlands were studied, which are easy access outpatient rheumatology clinics intermediary between primary and secondary care for patients in whom general practitioners suspectBMJ openThe value of inquiring about functional impairments for early identification of inflammatory arthritis: a large cross-sectional derivation and validation study from the Netherlands.PMC7737110Starting grant, agreement no. 714312714312Brouwer Evan der Helm-van Mil AHMvan Dijk BTNiemantsverdriet Evan Steenbergen HWfalseThe value of inquiring about functional impairments for early identification of inflammatory arthritis: a large cross-sectional derivation and validation study from the Netherlands.<h4>Objectives</h4>Healthcare professionals other than rheumatologists experience difficulties in detecting early inflammatory arthritis (IA) by joint examination. Self-reported symptoms are increasingly considered as helpful and could be incorporated in online tools to assist healthcare professionals, but first their discriminative ability must be assessed. As part of this effort, we evaluated whether inquiring about functional impairments could aid early IA identification.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional derivation and validation study.<h4>Setting</h4>Data from two Early Arthritis Recognition Clinics (EARC) in the Netherlands were studied, which are easy access outpatient rheumatology clinics intermediary between primary and secondary care for patients in whom general practitioners suspect2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Dec2025-04-22T17:01:42.798Z2021-02-20T16:54:18ZS-EPMC77371103331811510.1136/bmjopen-2020-040148