It can't be zero: A qualitative study of patients' perspective on patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis

Henriques, M; Duarte, C; Ndosi, M; Marques, A; da Silva, JAP; Ferreira, RJO

Abstract

Background: Patient Global Assessment (PGA) plays an important role in disease activity assessment and treatment decisions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the meaning of PGA is open to patient interpretation and this may affect the validity and reliability of clinical assessments.

Objectives: We aimed to explore: (i) patients' perspective on PGA and its different formulations (ii) how patients' perspective may be improved by a brief explanation from a health care professional (HCP).

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• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: EULAR Congress
• Start Date: Jun 14, 2017
• End Date: Jun 17, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Jun 14, 2017
• Publication Date: Apr 19, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 112-112
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/889110
• Publisher URL: http://www.congress.eular.org/myUploadData/files/2017_ARD_full_abstracts.pdf
• Related Public URLs: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.6214
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Annual European Meeting of Rheumatology (EULAR Congress)