The patient global assessment in RA precludes the majority of patients otherwise in remission to reach this status in clinical practice. Should we continue to ignore this?

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Praceta Professor Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal; UICISA:E, Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
² Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Praceta Professor Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal; UICISA:E, Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Rheumatology department, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
⁴ Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Praceta Professor Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal; Clínica Universitária de Reumatologia, Faculdade de Medicina da, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: jdasilva@chuc.min-saude.pt.

Comment

Ricardo J O Ferreira et al. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;50(4):583-585.

doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.03.014. Epub 2020 May 19.

¹ Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Praceta Professor Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal; UICISA:E, Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
² Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Praceta Professor Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal; UICISA:E, Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Rheumatology department, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
⁴ Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Praceta Professor Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal; Clínica Universitária de Reumatologia, Faculdade de Medicina da, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: jdasilva@chuc.min-saude.pt.

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Differences in disease activity measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who achieved DAS, SDAI, or CDAI remission but not Boolean remission.
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Differences in disease activity measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who achieved DAS, SDAI, or CDAI remission but not Boolean remission.
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