Pain persists in DAS28 rheumatoid arthritis remission but not in ACR/EULAR remission: a longitudinal observational study
Arthritis Research & Therapy2011Vol. 13(3), pp. R83–R83
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Yvonne Lee, Jing Cui, Bing Lü, Michelle Frits, Christine Iannaccone, Nancy A. Shadick, Michael E. Weinblatt, Daniel H. Solomon
Abstract
Clinically significant pain continues among a substantial proportion of patients in DAS28 remission but not among those in ACR/EULAR remission. Among patients in DAS28 remission, patient global assessment, disability, fatigue, sleep problems, and self-efficacy are strongly associated with pain severity at baseline and 1 year, whereas inflammatory disease activity and joint damage are not significantly associated with elevated pain severity at either baseline or 1 year.