TY - JOUR T1 - Patient Perspective on Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1735 LP - 1738 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.110394 VL - 38 IS - 8 AU - LILIAN H.D. van TUYL AU - JOSEF S. SMOLEN AU - GEORGE A. WELLS AU - MARIEKE SCHOLTE-VOSHAAR AU - WIJNANDA HOOGLAND AU - MAARTEN BOERS Y1 - 2011/08/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/8/1735.abstract N2 - Absence of disease activity, or remission, is the most important treatment goal for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since a new preliminary definition of remission in RA for clinical trials has been proposed, we investigated what determinants of disease activity patients associate with a state of remission and whether dimensions of impact of disease on daily life are involved. Our report summarizes progress of a workshop at OMERACT 10 on the patient perspective on remission in RA, including the results of a short pre-conference survey among patients, the discussions among the participants and a research agenda resulting from these discussions. This initial OMERACT workshop on remission from the patient perspective showed that there is a great interest among patients, physicians, and researchers to study the concept of remission, taking into account measures that patients indicate as important, but that there is a lack of data on appropriate measures, resulting in a considerable research agenda. ER -