The literature on chronic diseases recognizes the role of illness cognition as a mediator
between stress and illness. Few conceptualizations and instruments, however, give an …

Objective: To compare two therapeutic strategies for patients with recent-onset rheumatoid
arthritis. Design: Open, randomized clinical trial. Setting: Outpatient clinics of six clinical …

Background: Oral glucocorticoids combined with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are
beneficial and retard radiologic joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis. Objective: To …

Adverse effects of glucocorticoids have been abundantly reported. Published reports on low
dose glucocorticoid treatment show that few of the commonly held beliefs about their …

Introduction Gender as a predictor of outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has evoked
considerable interest over the decades. Historically, there is no consensus whether RA is worse …

Background: Treatment strategies for tight control of early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are highly
effective but can be improved. Objective: To investigate whether adding prednisone, 10 mg/…

Pain-related avoidance factors and social resources, as assessed by pain coping and social
support, are supposed to have lasting effects on functional disability and pain in chronic …

Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a
significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These …

Objective To develop evidence-based European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology
(EULAR) points to consider (PtCs) for the management of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid …

Background For patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis, treatment aim is early,
rapid, and sustained remission. We compared the efficacy and safety of strategies initiating …