RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Advancing Stiffness Measurement in Rheumatic Disease: Report from the Stiffness Special Interest Group at OMERACT 2018
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 1374
OP 1378
DO 10.3899/jrheum.181074
VO 46
IS 10
A1 Ethan T. Craig
A1 Ana-Maria Orbai
A1 Sarah Mackie
A1 Susan J. Bartlett
A1 Clifton O. Bingham III
A1 Susan Goodman
A1 Catherine Hill
A1 Robert Holt
A1 Amye Leong
A1 Chetan Karyekar
A1 Ying Ying Leung
A1 Pamela Richards
A1 Serena Halls
YR 2019
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/46/10/1374.abstract
AB Objective. To improve measurement of stiffness in rheumatic disease.Methods. Data presented included (1) 2 qualitative projects, (2) the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stiffness patient-reported outcome measure (RAST), and (3) 3 items assessing stiffness severity, duration, and interference.Results. Stiffness is multidimensional and includes aspects of stiffness experience such as duration, severity, and effect. Stiffness items showed construct validity in RA. Further efforts are required to develop an instrument that will be taken through the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter 2.1 for instrument selection.Conclusion. The research agenda for the group includes domain content voting for individual diseases, and development of stiffness item banks and disease-specific short forms.