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Inventi Impact: Orthopaedics

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  • Inventi:hop/33161/20
    Patientsâ?? and Rheumatologistsâ?? Perceptions on Preventive Intervention in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis
    Research 2021 : January - March
    Laurette van Boheemen, Janne W Bolt, Marieke M ter Wee, Henriette M de Jong, Marleen G van de Sande, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg

    Background: Individuals at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may benefit from lifestyle or pharmacological\ninterventions aimed at primary prevention. The same may apply to individuals at risk of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).\nOur aim was to investigate and compare the willingness of individuals at risk of RA or axSpA and rheumatologists to\ninitiate preventive intervention.\nMethods: Individuals at risk of RA (arthralgia and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and/or rheumatoid factor\npositivity without arthritis (RA-risk cohort; n = 100)), axSpA (first-degree relatives of HLA-B27-positive axSpA patients\n(SpA-risk cohort; n = 38)), and Dutch rheumatologists (n = 49) completed a survey on preventive intervention which\nincluded questions about disease perception, lifestyle intervention, and preventive medication...............................

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    Attribution/ CC Compliant Citation: van Boheemen, Laurette,\net al. \"Patients' and rheumatologists' perceptions on\npreventive intervention in rheumatoid arthritis and axial\nspondyloarthritis.\" Arthritis research & therapy 22.1 (2020):\n1-7.\nhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-020-02314-9\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\nSome formatting elements, header, footer, logos, dates and\npagination were modified while adapting this article.
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