What is it about?
The aim of our study was to assess the disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index-5 (RADAI-5) questionnaire and to find its correlation with Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS28), quality of life, pain, and functional status.
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Why is it important?
Practicing rheumatologists increasingly do not have enough time to perform joint counts at every patient visit or they think that they do not have.
Perspectives
RADAI-5 is a simple and low-cost self-report questionnaire that reflects patients’ perception of signs and symptoms. The correlations of RADAI-5 with DAS28, quality of life, pain, and functional status reflect its value in the assessment of disease activity in patients with RA.
Professor shereen refaat kamel
Minia University
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This page is a summary of: Using Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index-5 questionnaire in the assessment of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with quality of life, pain, and functional status, Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, January 2018, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/err.err_31_17.
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