Patient_Reported_Outcome_Measures_in_Rheumatic_Diseases

378 As disease-specifi c assessments are more common in RA and SpA, studies predominantly address these patient groups. Examples ...

379 patients [ 75 ]. Newman et al. successfully developed a touchscreen questionnaire and a Web-based dashboard (Patient Centric ...

380 Design and Technical Aspects Systems need to be user-friendly and intuitive and should pose minimal burden on the staff to r ...

381 infl uence ePRO assessment [ 93 ]. Computer-adaptive testing (CAT) allows less fi xed-item testing and might improve data qu ...

382 There is already a large number of medical apps on Apple’s App Store and Google marketplace. Although many of them would pro ...

383 Jensen RE, Rothrock NE, DeWitt EM, Spiegel B, Tucker CA, Crane HM, et al. The role of technical advances in the adoption an ...

384 Schoels M, Aletaha D, Smolen JS, Bijlsma JW, Burmester G, Breedveld FC, et al. Follow-up standards and treatment targets in ...

385 El Miedany Y, El Gaafary M, Palmer D. Assessment of the utility of visual feedback in the treatment of early rheumatoid art ...

386 Luckmann R, Vidal A. Design of a handheld electronic pain, treatment and activity diary. J Biomed Inform. 2010;43:S32. doi: ...

387 Richter JG, Kampling C, Chehab G, Acar H, Becker A, Dieckert M, et al. Mobile medical documentation of patient-reported-out ...

388 Baldwin M, Spong A, Doward L, Gnanasakthy A. Patient-reported outcomes, patient- reported information: from randomized cont ...

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 389 Y. El Miedany (ed.), Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Rheumatic Dis ...

390 The Changing Concepts of Patient Education In the early years, physicians were regarded as the only authority and source (or ...

391 Education Tailored to the Patient’s Needs The Institute of Medicine [ 23 ] has defi ned patient-centered care as “providing ...

392 which did not have clear/specifi c goals and objectives [ 28 ]. Educational programs with more specifi c goals, such as thos ...

393 PROMs and Patient Education Programs In standard clinical settings, two approaches to patient education and self- management ...

394 In contrast, in real life practice, time factor plays a vital role in the patients’ assess- ment and management. Adopting an ...

395 education can bring about improvements in health status [ 51 ], and many health professionals believe it to be the key to im ...

396 rates of hospitalization. On the other hand, patients with low activation levels are more likely to attend accident and emer ...

397 Appendix 1: Multidimensional Questionnaire for Patient- Reported Outcome Measures: Arthritis Reprinted with permission from ...