Objective The 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR; formerly, the American
Rheumatism Association) classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been criticized …

ContextConventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with a
spectrum of toxic effects, notably gastrointestinal (GI) effects, because of inhibition of …

Objective Remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an increasingly attainable goal, but there
is no widely used definition of remission that is stringent but achievable and could be …

Patient satisfaction in performing activities of daily living (ADL) was assessed by using a self‐administered
questionnaire modified from the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (…

Objective. To develop and validate revised criteria for global functional status in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA(. Methods. Revised criteria were formulated and tested for criterion and …

Seventy‐five patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were reviewed 9 years after an extensive
evaluation which included quantitative measures of functional capacity. These patients had …

Objective To analyze cross sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES I) concerning 3 indicators of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee: radiographic …

Introduction We analyzed the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its association with traditional CV risk factors, clinical features of …

Background Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis who are treated with methotrexate
frequently have only partial improvement. Methods In a six-month randomized, double-blind trial…

Objective To develop components of a multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ)
through the addition of new items in the “patient‐friendly” HAQ format, including …