PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ann M. Taylor
AU  - Kristine Phillips
AU  - Justin O. Taylor
AU  - Jasvinder A. Singh
AU  - Philip G. Conaghan
AU  - Ernest H. Choy
AU  - Peter S. Tugwell
AU  - Ulrike Kaiser
AU  - Vibeke Strand
AU  - Lee S. Simon
AU  - Philip J. Mease
TI  - Is Chronic Pain a Disease in Its Own Right? Discussions from a Pre-OMERACT 2014 Workshop on Chronic Pain
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.141328
DP  - 2015 Oct 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 1947--1953
VI  - 42
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/10/1947.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/10/1947.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2015 Oct 01; 42
AB  - At the pain workshop held prior to the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 12 conference, chronic nonmalignant pain (CP) as a “disease” was discussed, in response to growing interest in this concept and in terms of the effect on the OMERACT Filter 2.0 framework. CP is often assessed as a unidimensional outcome measure; however, if CP is a disease, then outcome measures need to define the disease state and identify all its manifestations as well as its effects, as specified by Filter 2.0. The aim was to write a discussion piece, reflecting the workshop contributions and debate, as an important step in opening a dialogue around future OMERACT Filter 2.0 Framework developments.