BACKGROUND: Pain is a major patient reported outcome in early rheumatoid patients (ERA). Pain is associated with disease activity but could be also related to non-inflammatory conditions. Chronic pain has a negative impact on quality of life in ERA patients. The main treatment objective in ERA is remission or low disease control, but relief of pain is a priority of patient. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the pain course and the proportion of unacceptable pain (VASp >4) during a five-years follow-up in ERA patients and to investigate correlation with clinical response and quality of life. […]
Sapart, E., Lauras, M., Joly, B., Cayrol, T., Sokolova, T., Avramovska, A., & Durez, P. (2023). POS1345 Pain over 5 years in our early rheumatoid arthritis UCLouvain Brussels Cohort: results and correlation with clinical response, quality of life. Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 82(Suppl 1), 1023. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2023-eular.3879 (Original work published 2023)