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Health Literacy: What Is It and Why Is It Important to …

WEBIrrespective of how it is defined, health literacy has an important influence upon health and is likely to be a significant determinant of health inequity 13,14.In …

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Gout and Quality of Life The Journal of Rheumatology

WEBGout is a common inflammatory arthritis triggered by the crystallization of uric acid within the joints1. Gout causes severe pain and suffering and is a substantial cause …

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“Rheum to Improve”: Quality Improvement in Outpatient …

WEBThe commitment to improve care processes and patient outcomes is a professional mandate for clinicians and is also seen as an operational priority for …

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Continuum of Disease and …

WEBRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to include a pre-RA stage that can be defined as the presence of familial or genetic risk factors, biomarker abnormalities (eg, …

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Validity of Quality of Life Measurement Tools — From …

WEBHealth-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important measure of a patient’s perception of his/her illness. Over the past 3 decades, numerous instruments have been …

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Influence of Disease Manifestations on Health-related …

WEBObjective. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a multifaceted disease. Affecting joints, skin, entheses, and dactylitis, its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) could …

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Ankylosing Spondylitis The Journal of Rheumatology

WEBMuhammad Asim Khan, Oxford American Rheumatology Library Series; New York: Oxford University Press. 160 pages. $24.95US Dr. Khan, a legendary …

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Unequal Treatment: Physical Therapy Utilization in …

WEBThe American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2022 guidelines for nonpharmacologic management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) include a conditional …

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Predictors of Organ Damage Progression and Effect on …

WEBObjective. To describe organ damage accrual, predictors of damage progression, and effect on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with …

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Health Literacy Predicts the Discrepancy Between Patient …

WEBObjective. Numerous studies report that significant discordance exists between patient and provider [physician] measures of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We …

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The LupusQoL and Associations with Demographics and Clinical

WEBObjective. Having developed and validated a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), …

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 5th Edition

WEBThe introduction to Lahita’s Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 5th edition, warns that only “three simple things can be said about SLE; the disease favors women, …

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Racial Disparities in the Modern Gout Epidemic

WEBGout is a common hyperuricemic metabolic condition, leading to recurrent inflammatory arthritis and some of the most severe pain experienced by humans. As …

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Are Electronic Health Records Sufficiently Accurate to Phenotype

WEBChronic pain in rheumatic diseases (RDs), a symptom often neglected, is prevalent and an important contributor to poor health and reduced quality of life. Various …

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Stepping Up Counseling and Referral to Effective Physical Activity

WEBTo the Editor: In “Stepping Forward: A Scoping Review of Physical Activity in Osteoarthritis,” White and colleagues1 aimed to help patients, policymakers, …

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Validating the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool Score in a US …

WEBObjective The World Health Organization fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) algorithm for risk prediction of major osteoporotic and hip fractures accounts for …

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The Lingering Health Challenge: Addressing Obesity in Axial

WEBAxial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that primarily affects the axial skeleton, including the spine and sacroiliac joints.1 It …

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The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire: a review of its …

WEBOver the last 2 decades, assessment of patient health status has undergone a dramatic paradigm shift, evolving from a predominant reliance on biochemical and …

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Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus …

WEBObjective. To quantify healthcare utilization and costs by disease severity for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the United States. Methods. We …

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Ankylosing …

WEBMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac (SI) joints has rapidly gained attention as a potentially useful imaging modality in the diagnostic process of …

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Prognostic Significance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes …

WEBObjective. To evaluate the prognostic significance of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) changes by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based on 2–7 years of followup of …

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Moving Up the Pyramid: Assessing Performance in the Clinic

WEBMiller’s pyramid 1. From Academic Medicine 1990;65:S63–7; with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. The component that Miller argued is the most vital aspect …

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