Discordance of Global Assessments by Patient and Physician Is Higher in Female than in Male Patients Regardless of the Physician's Sex: Data on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis, and Psoriatic Arthritis from the DANBIO Registry.

CONCLUSION: In this study on Danish patients with RA, axSpA, and PsA, the PtGA was > 20 mm higher than the PGA in about half of the encounters, and more common in female patients of both female and male physicians. This finding highlights one of the challenges in shared decision making.
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Source: J Rheumatol - August 1, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Lindström Egholm C, Krogh NS, Pincus T, Dreyer L, Ellingsen T, Glintborg B, Kowalski MR, Lorenzen T, Madsen OR, Nordin H, Rasmussen C, Hetland ML Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research