title: Patient perspective on remission in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Absence of disease activity, or remission, is the most important treatment goal for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since a new preliminary definition of remission in RA for clinical trials has been proposed, we investigated what determinants of disease activity patients associate with a state of remission and whether dimensions of impact of disease on daily life are involved. Our report summarizes progress of a workshop at OMERACT 10 on the patient perspective on remission in RA, including the results of a short pre-conference survey among patients, the discussions among the participants and a research agenda resulting from these discussions. This initial OMERACT workshop on remission from the patient perspective showed that there is a great interest among patients, physicians, and researchers to study the concept of remission, taking into account measures that patients indicate as important, but that there is a lack of data on appropriate measures, resulting in a considerable research agenda.
authors.affiliation: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.vantuyl@vumc.nl
authors.forename: Lilian H D
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: van Tuyl
authors.forename: Josef S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Smolen
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Marieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scholte-Voshaar
authors.forename: Wijnanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoogland
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boers
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012074:Remission Induction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome