RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patient perspective: fatigue as a recommended patient centered outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 1174
OP 1177
VO 34
IS 5
A1 John R Kirwan
A1 Patricia Minnock
A1 Ade Adebajo
A1 Barry Bresnihan
A1 Ernest Choy
A1 Maarten de Wit
A1 Mieke Hazes
A1 Pam Richards
A1 Kenneth Saag
A1 Maria Suarez-Almazor
A1 George Wells
A1 Sarah Hewlett
YR 2007
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/5/1174.abstract
AB The Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 8 considered evidence for the importance of fatigue to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether measurement of fatigue meets the requirements of the OMERACT filter. The workshop participants included 20 patients from 10 countries and 60 other OMERACT participants. Introductory papers and detailed notes for discussion group members set out the evidence from the literature and from recent analyses of clinical study data available to several participants. The workshop concluded that fatigue is a symptom that is important to patients, is commonly reported by patients, is often severe, can be measured by several current instruments that pass the OMERACT filter, is responsive to some interventions, and provides information additional to that commonly obtained from currently used outcomes. The final OMERACT plenary session endorsed by a very large majority (89%) the proposal that, in addition to the "core set" of outcome measures currently in widespread use, fatigue should be measured in future studies of RA whenever possible.