How Quality of Life as Patient-Reported Outcome Has Been Studied for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Chinese-Speaking Population

How Quality of Life as Patient-Reported Outcome Has Been Studied for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Chinese-Speaking Population

Objective: To review the use of health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) instruments as patient-reported outcome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in studies that have been published in Chinese-speaking populations. Methods: Overlapping searching strategy was used using four publication databases: PubMed and EMBASE for English publications and Wanfang and CNKI for Chinese publications. E...

Patient-reported remission in rheumatoid arthritis.

Systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for assessing disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Patient assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be useful in clinical practice, offering a patient-friendly, location independent, and a time-efficient and cost-efficient means of monitoring the disease. The objective of this study was to identify patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to assess disease activity in RA and to evaluate the measurement properties of thes...

The Use of patient Reported Outcome Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japan: A Systematic Literature Review

BACKGROUND Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) obtained through routine medical care may identify patients' day-to-day burden and help tackle the disease from the patients' perspective. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the availability of PRO data and PRO tools for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japan. OBJECTIVE We reviewed the literature on PRO data availability and to identify...

Quality of Life and Oral Health Indicators in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-Control Study

 Background and purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases of the joints that has many effects on oral health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) and oral health indicators in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy subjects. Materials and methods: A case-control study was carried out in Sari Tooba Clinic, 2018-2019...