Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the short form 36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample

N. J. Wiles; D. G. I. Scott; E. Barrett; P. Merry; E. Arie; K. Gaffney; A. J. Silman; D. P. M. Symmons

doi:10.1136/ard.60.10.956

Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the short form 36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample

N. J. Wiles, D. G. I. Scott, E. Barrett, P. Merry, E. Arie, K. Gaffney, A. J. Silman, D. P. M. Symmons

Norwich Medical School

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Abstract

BACKGROUND Treatment, and therefore outcome, of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will improve in the next few years. However, improvement in outcome can only be judged against the probability of certain outcomes with current conventional treatment.

AIM To document the five year outcome of RA in the late 1990s.

SETTING Norfolk Arthritis Register (NOAR).

DESIGN Longitudinal observational cohort study.

METHODS 318 patients with recent onset inflammatory polyarthritis recruited by NOAR in 1990–91 completed five years of follow up. Four groups were assessed: the whole cohort, all those referred to hospital, those who satisfied criteria for RA at baseline, and those referred to hospital who satisfied criteria for RA at baseline. Outcome was assessed with a visual analogue scale for pain, the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), and the Short Form-36 (SF-36).

RESULTS Of the RA hospital attenders, 50% had a visual analogue scale pain score of 5 cm or less and an HAQ score of 1.125 or less. SF-36 scores were reduced in all domains. Results are presented as cumulative percentages.

CONCLUSIONS These results can be used for comparison and to set targets for improvement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	956-961
Number of pages	6
Journal	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Volume	60
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.60.10.956
Publication status	Published - 2001

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Wiles, N. J., Scott, D. G. I., Barrett, E., Merry, P., Arie, E., Gaffney, K., Silman, A. J., & Symmons, D. P. M. (2001). Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the short form 36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 60(10), 956-961. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.60.10.956

Wiles, N. J. ; Scott, D. G. I. ; Barrett, E. ; Merry, P. ; Arie, E. ; Gaffney, K. ; Silman, A. J. ; Symmons, D. P. M. / Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the short form 36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample. In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2001 ; Vol. 60, No. 10. pp. 956-961.

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Wiles, NJ, Scott, DGI, Barrett, E, Merry, P, Arie, E, Gaffney, K, Silman, AJ & Symmons, DPM 2001, 'Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the short form 36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample', Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 60, no. 10, pp. 956-961. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.60.10.956

Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the short form 36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample. / Wiles, N. J.; Scott, D. G. I.; Barrett, E.; Merry, P.; Arie, E.; Gaffney, K.; Silman, A. J.; Symmons, D. P. M.

In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Vol. 60, No. 10, 2001, p. 956-961.

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