Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis improves long-term outcomes and reduces or halts joint damage progression. However, delays at the patient and medical system levels remain a barrier to early diagnosis and therapy, despite the presence of early arthritis clinics designed to expedite treatment.

Rheumatoid arthritis : Why wait? Explaining delays in seeking therapy for early arthritis / F. Atzeni, P. Sarzi-Puttini. - In: NATURE REVIEWS. RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1759-4790. - 8:4(2012 Mar), pp. 190-191.

Rheumatoid arthritis : Why wait? Explaining delays in seeking therapy for early arthritis

P. Sarzi-Puttini
2012

Abstract

Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis improves long-term outcomes and reduces or halts joint damage progression. However, delays at the patient and medical system levels remain a barrier to early diagnosis and therapy, despite the presence of early arthritis clinics designed to expedite treatment.
Delayed Diagnosis; Early Diagnosis; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Risk Factors; Self Medication; Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Settore MED/16 - Reumatologia
mar-2012
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