BACKGROUND: The cost of certain diseases may lead to catastrophic expenses and
impoverishment of households without full financial support by the state and other …

Objective To assess the psychometric properties of the Health Assessment Questionnaire
(HAQ) disability index (DI) in patients with gout. Methods This study was conducted in a …

The purpose of this study is to determine factors associated with a non-ACR 50 response at
6 months of follow-up, in a cohort of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Early RA …

Background The pharmacologic management of rheumatoid arthritis has progressed
substantially over the past years. It is therefore desirable that existing information be …

Vaccine hesitancy (VH) has emerged as a recognized threaten to contain the COVID-19
pandemic. Historically, low vaccine acceptance rates had been described among patients …

Introduction Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is frequently used by patients
with rheumatic diseases (RD) to improve their symptoms; however, its diversity and …

There are national and international clinical practice guidelines for systemic lupus
erythematosus treatment. Nonetheless, most of them are not designed for the Mexican …

The attitudes toward emerging COVID-19 vaccines have been of great interest worldwide,
especially among vulnerable populations such as patients with rheumatic and …

Objective The aim of this work was to produce a consensus-based report for capillaroscopy
in rheumatology to be used in daily clinical practice. Methods A written Delphi questionnaire …

Objective. Determine the proportion of patients achieving target serum urate (SU), defined
as< 6 mg/dl for patients with non-severe gout and< 5 mg/dl for patients with severe gout, as …