Self-reported outcomes during treatment with tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Summary, in English

To study how patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) self-report their experience of disease-related symptoms (fatigue, morning stiffness, pain) and their ability to cope with everyday life (capacity) using a nurse-led structured follow-up during the first year after starting treatment with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors.

• Author: Sidona-Valentina Bala; Kristina Forslind; Marie Edwinson Månsson
• Department/s: Department of Health Sciences; Clinical Sciences, Helsingborg
• Publishing year: 2010
• Language: English
• Pages: 27-35
• Publication/Series: Musculoskeletal Care
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19899068?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.163
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley
• Topic: Physiotherapy
• Keywords: Fatigue: therapy; Rheumatoid: drug therapy; Rheumatoid: therapy; Arthritis; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha: antagonists & inhibitors; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha: therapeutic use
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1478-2189