Self-reports of patients’ complaints are a useful tool, but you need lots of different paper and in clinical practice soon the set of instruments is too large to handle. So this study is very interesting as it shows, that you can get useful data with just one tool in patients with very different diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus, gout, psoriatic arthritis, and osteoarthritis as well as rheumatoid arthritis, of course. The instrument is easy to use and is independent of ESR or CRP, so one can use it, if these parameters aren’t available; e.g. patient calls from a vacation trip.
[TUE] 2053
A Self-Report RADAI (Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index) Count of Painful Joints Can Be Informative in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Other Than Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Isabel Castrejo´n1, Yusuf Yazici2 and Theodore Pincus1. 1NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, 2Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine and NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Conclusion: A self-report joint count derived from the RADAI can be informative in patients with many rheumatic diagnoses, including SLE, gout, psoriatic arthritis and OA, in addition to RA.
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