Outcome measures and polymyalgia rheumatica Archives

Abstract Number: 2767 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Core Outcome Domains and Potential Measurement Instruments in polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Using Omeract Filter 2.0
Sarah Mackie¹, Toby Helliwell², Rodney Hughes³, E Brouwer⁴, Colin T. Pease⁵, Christian Mallen⁶, Maarten Boers⁷ and John R. Kirwan⁸, ¹NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, St. Peters Hospital, Chertsey Surrey, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ⁷Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose The OMERACT PMR specialist interest group was established to develop a core outcome measurement set for PMR using the methods of OMERACT filter 2.0.…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
What Do Patients with Polmyalgia Rheumatica Mean When They Describe Stiffness? A Qualitative Study
Rodney A. Hughes¹, Sarah Mackie², John R. Kirwan³, Colin T. Pease⁴, Margaret Walsh¹ and Marianne Morris⁵, ¹Rheumatology, St. Peters Hospital, Chertsey Surrey, United Kingdom, ²Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patients with PMR report significant symptoms of pain and stiffness. Stiffness has usually been included in diagnostic criteria for PMR but has never been…

Abstracts tagged "Outcome measures and polymyalgia rheumatica"

Core Outcome Domains and Potential Measurement Instruments in polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Using Omeract Filter 2.0

What Do Patients with Polmyalgia Rheumatica Mean When They Describe Stiffness? A Qualitative Study