Reposted by Tim Pickles
“How active was your arthritis in the last 6 months?”
vs
“How is your general health today?”
General health captures broader elements like mental wellbeing and comorbidities, rather than inflammatory disease activity
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Patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: general health and disease activity are not interchangeable
Dear Editor, There are numerous composite response criteria and clinical outcome measures for RA disease activity (DA). Most, though not all, contain the c
