Dual target strategy: a proposal to mitigate the risk of overtreatment and enhance patient satisfaction in rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis
.
2019 Oct;78(10):e109.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214199.
Epub 2018 Aug 20.
Authors
Ricardo J O Ferreira
1
2
,
Mwidimi Ndosi
3
4
,
Maarten de Wit
5
6
,
Eduardo José Ferreira Santos
1
2
7
,
Cátia Duarte
1
8
,
Johannes W G Jacobs
9
,
Pedro M Machado
10
11
,
Désirée van der Heijde
12
,
Laure Gossec
13
14
,
Jose A P da Silva
1
8
Affiliations
1
Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
2
Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICiSA:E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), Coimbra, Portugal.
3
Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
4
Academic Rheumatology Unit, University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, UK.
5
Patient Research Partner, EULAR Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), Zurich, Switzerland.
6
Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health (APH), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
7
Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
8
Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
9
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
10
Centre for Rheumatology and MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK.
11
Rheumatology Department, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
12
Rheumatology Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
13
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, GRC-UPMC 08 (EEMOIS), Paris, France.
14
Rheumatology Department, AP-HP, Pitié-Salpetrière Hospital, Paris, France.
PMID:
30127056
DOI:
10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214199
No abstract available
Keywords:
disease activity; inflammation; patient perspective; rheumatoid arthritis; treatment.
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Antirheumatic Agents*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid*
Humans
Medical Overuse
Patient Satisfaction
Rheumatology*
Substances
Antirheumatic Agents