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Margaret Holroyd Prize Essay. A patient-centred approach to evaluation and treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: the development of a clinical tool to measure patient-perceived handicap.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8883429     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Assessment of patient-centered outcomes is of particular importance in a chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where a major aim of treatment is a reduction of its disabling and handicapping effects. Rheumatology is reasonably well advanced in its deployment of such outcomes. Measurement of the patient's experience of disease has focused on the ability to perform daily living tasks and, latterly, on the more global effect on quality of life. Neither of these approaches is without conceptual and measurement problems. A new measure of patient-centred outcome in RA has been developed (Carr AJ, Br J Rheumatol 1994;33:378-82). This tool, the Disease Repercussion Profile (DRP), attempts to extend the measurement of outcome to incorporate the individual functional, social, psychological, emotional and economic disadvantage resulting from RA, i.e. patient-perceived handicap. It has been designed for use as a clinical tool, to allow patients to specify the problems and needs of most importance to them, and as such represents a new approach. This paper reviews the development of the DRP in the context of existing health status measures and examines its potential role as a routine measure in an out-patient setting.
Authors:
A J Carr
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  British journal of rheumatology     Volume:  35     ISSN:  0263-7103     ISO Abbreviation:  Br. J. Rheumatol.     Publication Date:  1996 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-11-27     Completed Date:  1996-11-27     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8302415     Medline TA:  Br J Rheumatol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  921-32     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / psychology*,  therapy*
Awards and Prizes
Disability Evaluation*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Humans
Patient-Centered Care*
Rheumatology
Self Assessment (Psychology)*

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