Research ArticleArticle
Health Equity Considerations for Developing and Reporting Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials: A Report from the OMERACT Equity Special Interest Group
Jennifer Petkovic, Jennifer L. Barton, Caroline Flurey, Niti Goel, Christie M. Bartels, Cheryl Barnabe, Maarten P.T. de Wit, Anne Lyddiatt, Diane Lacaille, Vivian Welch, Annelies Boonen, Beverley Shea, Robin Christensen, Lara J. Maxwell, Willemina Campbell, Janet Jull, Karine Toupin-April, Jasvinder A. Singh, Charles H. Goldsmith, Antoine G. Sreih, Christoph Pohl, Catherine Hofstetter, Dorcas E. Beaton, Rachelle Buchbinder, Francis Guillemin and Peter S. Tugwell
The Journal of Rheumatology February 2017, jrheum.160975; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.160975
Jennifer Petkovic
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Jennifer L. Barton
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Caroline Flurey
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Niti Goel
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Christie M. Bartels
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Cheryl Barnabe
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Maarten P.T. de Wit
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Anne Lyddiatt
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Diane Lacaille
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Vivian Welch
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Annelies Boonen
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Beverley Shea
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Robin Christensen
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Lara J. Maxwell
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Willemina Campbell
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Janet Jull
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Karine Toupin-April
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Jasvinder A. Singh
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Charles H. Goldsmith
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Antoine G. Sreih
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Christoph Pohl
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Catherine Hofstetter
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Dorcas E. Beaton
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Rachelle Buchbinder
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Francis Guillemin
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
Peter S. Tugwell
From the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Work and Health; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC); Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Quintiles IMS, Denver, Colorado; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute, Amsterdam; Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute; Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, Charité — Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. J.A. Singh has received research grants from Takeda and Savient, and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, Merz, Iroko, Bioiberica, Crealta and Allergan pharmaceuticals, WebMD, UBM LLC, and the American College of Rheumatology. J.A. Singh serves as the principal investigator for an investigator-initiated study funded by Horizon pharmaceuticals through a grant to DINORA Inc., a 501 (c)(3) entity. J.A. Singh is a member of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies; a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. C. Bartels receives institutional peer-reviewed grant support from Independent Grants for Learning and Change (Pfizer) unrelated to this work. J. Petkovic, MSc, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; J.L. Barton, MD, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health and Science University; C. Flurey, PhD, University of the West of England; N. Goel, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Advisory Services, Quintiles IMS, and Patient Research Partner; C.M. Bartels, MD, MS, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; C. Barnabe, MD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; M.P. de Wit, PhD, Patient Researcher, VU University Medical Centre, Department Medical Humanities, EMGO+ Research Institute; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner; D. Lacaille, MD, MHSc, Professor, Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, UBC, and Senior Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa; A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Maastricht, University Medical Center, and Caphri Graduate School Maastricht University; B. Shea, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa; R. Christensen, MSc, PhD, Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, and Frederiksberg Hospital; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; W. Campbell, LLB, Patient Research Partner; J. Jull, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute; K. Toupin-April, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; C.H. Goldsmith, BSc, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; A.G. Sreih, MD, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania; C. Pohl, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin, University Medicine Berlin; C. Hofstetter, Patient Research Partner; D.E. Beaton, PhD, Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Institute for Work and Health, and Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; R. Buchbinder, PhD, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; F. Guillemin, MD, PhD, University of Lorraine; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. Address correspondence to Dr. J. Petkovic, 43 Bruyère St., Annex E, Room 302, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5C8, Canada. E-mail: jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca. Accepted for publication January 11, 2017.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 3
1 Mar 2024
Health Equity Considerations for Developing and Reporting Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials: A Report from the OMERACT Equity Special Interest Group
Jennifer Petkovic, Jennifer L. Barton, Caroline Flurey, Niti Goel, Christie M. Bartels, Cheryl Barnabe, Maarten P.T. de Wit, Anne Lyddiatt, Diane Lacaille, Vivian Welch, Annelies Boonen, Beverley Shea, Robin Christensen, Lara J. Maxwell, Willemina Campbell, Janet Jull, Karine Toupin-April, Jasvinder A. Singh, Charles H. Goldsmith, Antoine G. Sreih, Christoph Pohl, Catherine Hofstetter, Dorcas E. Beaton, Rachelle Buchbinder, Francis Guillemin, Peter S. Tugwell
The Journal of Rheumatology Feb 2017, jrheum.160975; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160975
Health Equity Considerations for Developing and Reporting Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials: A Report from the OMERACT Equity Special Interest Group
Jennifer Petkovic, Jennifer L. Barton, Caroline Flurey, Niti Goel, Christie M. Bartels, Cheryl Barnabe, Maarten P.T. de Wit, Anne Lyddiatt, Diane Lacaille, Vivian Welch, Annelies Boonen, Beverley Shea, Robin Christensen, Lara J. Maxwell, Willemina Campbell, Janet Jull, Karine Toupin-April, Jasvinder A. Singh, Charles H. Goldsmith, Antoine G. Sreih, Christoph Pohl, Catherine Hofstetter, Dorcas E. Beaton, Rachelle Buchbinder, Francis Guillemin, Peter S. Tugwell
The Journal of Rheumatology Feb 2017, jrheum.160975; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160975