%0 Journal Article %A LILIAN H.D. van TUYL %A JOSEF S. SMOLEN %A GEORGE A. WELLS %A MARIEKE SCHOLTE-VOSHAAR %A WIJNANDA HOOGLAND %A MAARTEN BOERS %T Patient Perspective on Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis %D 2011 %R 10.3899/jrheum.110394 %J The Journal of Rheumatology %P 1735-1738 %V 38 %N 8 %X 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. %U https://www.jrheum.org/content/jrheum/38/8/1735.full.pdf