Objective To define clinically meaningful changes in 2 widely used health‐related quality of
life (HQL) instruments in studies of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Patients …

Objective Because there is controversy regarding the efficacy of acetaminophen in rheumatic
diseases and because apparently safer nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are …

Background: The psychometric properties of the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12),
a subset of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), have …

This health outcomes analysis based on data from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
trial determined dose-response relationship between opioid use and related …

The article presents a study which examines the possible danger of venous thromboembolism
(VTE) in chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) patients in Denmark. The study …

Few data exist on the long-term prognosis of patients with chronic primary chronic immune
thrombocytopenia (ITP). We examined the risk of infections, hemorrhage resulting in …

OBJECTIVE: To make health care researchers, clinicians, and managers who are relatively
new to outcomes research using administrative databases more aware of issues to consider …

IMPLICATIONS: The symptom distress scale (SDS) was designed to evaluate the level of
distress associated with the adverse effects of commonly used opiates. This study reports on …

Study Objective. To evaluate the functional status of patients with signs and symptoms of
osteoarthritis of the knee after treatment with celecoxib compared with placebo and naproxen. …

Background: Two isoforms of cyclooxygenase (COX) have been identified, both of them
inhibited by traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Inhibition of COX-2 has …