PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - LILIAN H.D. van TUYL
AU  - JOSEF S. SMOLEN
AU  - GEORGE A. WELLS
AU  - MARIEKE SCHOLTE-VOSHAAR
AU  - WIJNANDA HOOGLAND
AU  - MAARTEN BOERS
TI  - Patient Perspective on Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.110394
DP  - 2011 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 1735--1738
VI  - 38
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/8/1735.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/8/1735.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2011 Aug 01; 38
AB  - 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.