Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...

Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...

Objectives Fatigue is prevalent in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs) and recognised as one of the most challenging symptoms to manage. The existence of multiple ...

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...

Background EULAR recommendations for treatment for Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) were last updated in 2017, based on literature up to the end of 2014. The treatment recommendations are among the most cited ...

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and one in which pathogenesis and risk factors are best understood. One of the treatment objectives in current guidelines is ‘cure’. However, audits show ...

Only a minority of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) can be weaned-off glucocorticoids (GC) using conventional treatment strategies. The development of biological ...

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are the two most common forms of arthritis with a prevalence of 1% and 0.5% in Europe. Physical activity exerts a major influence on ...