Abstracts tagged "Assessment"

Abstract Number: 96 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality of Care: Reference and Counter Reference From Family Physicians and Rheumatologists’ perspectives– A Pilot Study
Thiago D. Baumgratz¹, Raphael Battisti¹, Mirella Cuziol², Ana Carolina Reiff Janini², R.A. Levy³ and Mirhelen M. Abreu⁴, ¹Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil, ²Medicine, Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil, ³Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁴Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: We delineated family physicians' and rheumatologists’ point of view when primary care is facing cases of rheumatic diseases. We also tried to identify barriers…
Abstract Number: 2108 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Four Parameters That Drive the Discordance Between the Patient and Physician Global Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
William Bensen¹, Denis Choquette², Milton F. Baker³, Susan M. Otawa⁴ and Hayssam Khalil⁴, ¹St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal (IRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, ⁴Medical Affairs, Janssen Canada Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patient (PtGA) and physician (MDGA) global assessment of disease activity are standard outcome measures used to ascertain physician and patient subjective perception of disease…
Abstract Number: 106 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a 6 Joint Simplified Ultrasonographic Score to Assess Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tomas Cazenave¹, Christian A. Waimann², Gustavo Citera¹ and Marcos G. Rosemffet¹, ¹Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology section, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound has become a routinely available bedside method for the evaluation of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). However, it is time consuming, making it…

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