Background Each year, clinical upper gastrointestinal events occur in 2 to 4 percent of patients
who are taking nonselective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). We assessed …

With the increase in the number of multinational and multicultural research projects, the need
to adapt health status measures for use in other than the source language has also grown …

To develop criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia, we studied 558 consecutive patients:
293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were …

Objective. Trials of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments report the average response in
multiple outcome measures for treated patients. It is more clinically relevant to test whether …

Clinicians and researchers without a suitable health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure
in their own language have two choices: (1) to develop a new measure, or (2) to modify a …

Previous work has identified 6 important areas to consider when evaluating validity and
bias in studies of prognostic factors: participation, attrition, prognostic factor measurement, …

Objective. To standardize outcome measures in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Three
indices were identified which could adequately describe outcome (disease activity, damage …

This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with
upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self‐administered …

Study Design. Descriptive method guidelines. Objectives. To help reviewers design, conduct,
and report reviews of trials in the field of back and neck pain. Summary of Background Data…

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) most recently published recommendations
for the use of diseasemodifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologic agents in the …