Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set

Vivian P Bykerk; Clifton O Bingham; Ernest H Choy; Daming Lin; Rieke Alten; Robin Christensen; Daniel E Furst; Sarah Hewlett; Amye Leong; Lyn March; Thasia Woodworth; Gilles Boire; Boulos Haraoui; Carol Hitchon; Shahin Jamal; Edward C Keystone; Janet Pope; Diane Tin; J Carter Thorne; Susan J Bartlett

doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000225

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set

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Vivian P Bykerk Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA Rebecca McDonald Center for Arthritis & Autoimmune Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clifton O Bingham Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ernest H Choy Section of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research UK & Health and Care Research Wales CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daming Lin Rebecca McDonald Center for Arthritis & Autoimmune Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rieke Alten Schlosspark Klinik, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robin Christensen Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, Department of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel E Furst Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Emeritus) University of Washington, Seattle Wash; University of Florence, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Hewlett University of the West of England, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amye Leong Bone and Joint Decade, Healthy Motivation, Santa Barbara, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lyn March Department of Rheumatology, University of Sydney, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thasia Woodworth Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gilles Boire Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Boulos Haraoui Rheumatic Disease Unit, Institut de Rheumatologie, Montreal, Québec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carol Hitchon Arthritis Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shahin Jamal Vancouver Coastal Health Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Edward C Keystone Rebecca McDonald Center for Arthritis & Autoimmune Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet Pope Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Diane Tin Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Carter Thorne Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susan J Bartlett Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology, and Respiratory Clinical Trials Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Vivian P Bykerk; bykerkv{at}hss.edu

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Bykerk VP, Bingham CO, Choy EH on behalf of the OMERACT RA Flare Group and CATCH Investigators, et al

Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set

RMD Open 2016;2:e000225. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000225

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Received December 8, 2015
Revision received April 21, 2016
Accepted April 22, 2016
First published May 26, 2016.

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July 18, 2023

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