Vasculitis & polymyalgia rheumatica
Definitions of and instruments for disease activity, remission and relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica: a systematic literature review
Authors' conclusion
Remission, relapse and disease activity have been defined heterogeneously in clinical studies.
Study context
- Population
- Studies in people with isolated polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), regardless of treatment; English-language qualitative and quantitative studies5,718 records screened
- Outcome
- Definitions of and instruments used to measure disease activity, remission and relapse in PMR
Methodological detailsindependent dual study selection and data extraction, no restriction on treatment, Search of Pubmed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane and Epistemonikos, May 2021, updated August 2023, To inform an OMERACT project to endorse instruments for these outcomes
- Independent dual study selection and data extraction
- No restriction on treatment
- Search of Pubmed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane and Epistemonikos, May 2021, updated August 2023
- To inform an OMERACT project to endorse instruments for these outcomes
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Included studies and definitions/instruments for disease activity, remission and relapse
- Articles on disease activity
- 26
- Articles on remission
- 36
- Articles on relapse
- 53
- Observational studies
- 64
- Interventional studies
- 15
- Studies using qualitative methods
- 0
Original publication
Definitions of and instruments for disease activity, remission and relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica: a systematic literature review. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 12 August 2024. doi:10.
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