title: Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis to Target: multinational recommendations assessment questionnaire.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure the level of agreement and application of 10 international recommendations for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to a target of remission/low disease activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10-point Likert scale (1=fully disagree, 10=fully agree) measured the level of agreement with each of 10 recommendations. A 4-point Likert scale (never, not very often, very often, always) assessed the degree to which each recommendation was being applied in current daily practice. If respondents answered 'never' or 'not very often', they were asked whether they would change their practice according to the particular recommendation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1901 physicians representing 34 countries participated. Both agreement with and application of recommendations was high. With regard to application of recommendations in daily practice, the majority of responses were 'always' and 'very often'. A significant percentage of participants who were currently not applying these recommendations in clinical practice were willing to change their practice according to the recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this survey demonstrated great support of 'Treating RA to Target' recommendations among the international rheumatology community. Additional efforts may be needed to encourage application of the recommendations among certain clinicians who are resistant to changing their practice.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Rhumatologie de Montreal, 1551 Ontario Street East, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 1S6, Canada. boulos.haraoui@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
authors.forename: Boulos
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haraoui
authors.forename: Josef S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Smolen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aletaha
authors.forename: Ferdinand C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Breedveld
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burmester
authors.forename: Catalin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Codreanu
authors.forename: José Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dougados
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Durez
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Emery
authors.forename: João Eurico
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibofsky
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gomez-Reino
authors.forename: Winfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Graninger
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hamuryudan
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jannaut Peña
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kalden
authors.forename: Tore K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kvien
authors.forename: Ieda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laurindo
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martin-Mola
authors.forename: Carlomaurizio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montecucco
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santos Moreno
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pavelka
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poor
authors.forename: Mario H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Cardiel
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stanislawska-Biernat
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Désirée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Heijde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007391:International Cooperation; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012074:Remission Induction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents