Abstracts tagged "Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 1554 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Trajectories of the Weighted Lansbury Articular Indices and Standard Joint Counts Are Similarly Correlated with Trajectories of Physical Function in Early Inflammatory Arthritis
Siok Hoon Lily Lim¹, Susan J. Bartlett², Gilles Boire³, Boulos Haraoui⁴, Edward Keystone⁵, J Carter Thorne⁶, Janet E. Pope⁷, Diane Tin⁸, Vivian P. Bykerk⁹, Carol Hitchon¹⁰ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH), ¹Pediatrics, University of MAnitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology Division, CHUS - Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Institute de Rheumatologie, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁸The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Divison of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁰University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Residual disease activity impacts functional status and quality of life (QoL) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA). Large weight bearing joints are more…
Abstract Number: 201 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison To Organisational Models For EARLY Rheumatoid Arthritis Management: Routine Care Versus EARLY Arthritis Clinic
Giovanni Ciancio¹, Ilaria Farina², Federica Pignatti³ and Marcello Govoni¹, ¹Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit-Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy, ²A.O.U. S.Anna di Cona, Ferrara, Italy, ³Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit-Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy, ferrara, Italy
Background/Purpose: although the Early Arthritis Clinic (EAC) institution is considered the best approach for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at an early stage, to…