J Rheumatol
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Multicenter Study
Patient Expectations and Perceptions of Goal-setting Strategies for Disease Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
To identify how patients perceive the broad effect of active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on their daily lives and indicate how RA disease management could benefit from the inclusion of individual goal-setting strategies. ⋯ Many patients with RA feel unable to communicate their disease burden and treatment goals, which are critically important to them, to their healthcare provider (HCP). Insights gained from these 2 surveys should help to guide patients and HCP to better focus upon mutually defined goals for continued improvement of management and achievement of optimal care in RA.
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Comparative Study
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologics.
Evolving inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a matter of interest in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and might be associated with JIA therapy. ⋯ Incidence of IBD in patients with JIA is higher than in the population. MTX turned out to be protective, even in combination with ETN.