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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38693 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation.
Author: Gvozdenovic, Emilia
Title: Monitoring rheumatoid arthritis Issue Date: 2016-03-31
Monitoring
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Emilia Gvozdenović
ISBN/EAN: 978-90-6464-980-6
The research presented in this thesis was performed at the department of Rheumatology at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden. This research was financially supported by Pfizer B.V., AbbVie and Roche.
© Emilia Gvozdenović 2016
No part of this thesis may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author or, when appropriate, of the publishers of the publications.
Cover: Erwin Meijer
Lay-out: Ferdinand van Nispen
Printing: GVO drukkers & vormgevers B.V.
The publication of this thesis was financially supported by Pfizer B.V. and UCB Pharma B.V.
Monitoring
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 31 maart 2016 klokke 11.15 uur
door
Emilia Gvozdenović
geboren te Drammen (Noorwegen) in 1987
ISBN/EAN: 978-90-6464-980-6
The research presented in this thesis was performed at the department of Rheumatology at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden. This research was financially supported by Pfizer B.V., AbbVie and Roche.
© Emilia Gvozdenović 2016
No part of this thesis may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author or, when appropriate, of the publishers of the publications.
Cover: Erwin Meijer
Lay-out: Ferdinand van Nispen
Printing: GVO drukkers & vormgevers B.V.
The publication of this thesis was financially supported by Pfizer B.V. and UCB Pharma B.V.
Monitoring
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 31 maart 2016 klokke 11.15 uur
door
Emilia Gvozdenović
geboren te Drammen (Noorwegen) in 1987
Promotores
Prof. dr. D.M.F.M. van der Heijde
Prof. dr. R.B.M. Landewé (AMC - UvA, Amsterdam) Copromotor
dr. C.F. Allaart
Leden Promotiecommissie Prof. dr. G. Kloppenburg
Prof. dr. P.L.C.M.Van Riel (RadboudUMC, Nijmegen) Prof. dr. D. van Schaardenburg (AMC-UvA, Amsterdam) Prof. dr. R. Brand
Prof. dr. R.G.H.H. Nelissen
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 7
Chapter 2 Comparison of characteristics of international and national 25 databases in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature
review
Chapter 3 Intra articular injection with corticosteroids in patients with 55 recent onset rheumatoid arthritis: subanalyses from the BeSt
study
Chapter 4 Assessment of global disease activity in RA patients monitored 69 in the METEOR database: The patient’s versus the
rheumatologist’s opinion
Chapter 5 Assessment of global disease activity in RA by patients and 83 physicians: differences across countries in the METEOR
database
Chapter 6 DAS steered therapy in clinical practice; cross-sectional results 99 from the METEOR database
Chapter 7 Does reporting to follow a guideline imply that this guideline 115 is really applied in clinical practice? The International
Recommendation Implementation Study (IRIS)
Chapter 8 Summary and general conclusion 133
Chapter 9 Nederlandse samenvatting 143
List of publications 151
Curriculum Vitae 152
Dankwoord 153
Promotores
Prof. dr. D.M.F.M. van der Heijde
Prof. dr. R.B.M. Landewé (AMC - UvA, Amsterdam) Copromotor
dr. C.F. Allaart
Leden Promotiecommissie Prof. dr. G. Kloppenburg
Prof. dr. P.L.C.M.Van Riel (RadboudUMC, Nijmegen) Prof. dr. D. van Schaardenburg (AMC-UvA, Amsterdam) Prof. dr. R. Brand
Prof. dr. R.G.H.H. Nelissen
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 7
Chapter 2 Comparison of characteristics of international and national 25 databases in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature
review
Chapter 3 Intra articular injection with corticosteroids in patients with 55 recent onset rheumatoid arthritis: subanalyses from the BeSt
study
Chapter 4 Assessment of global disease activity in RA patients monitored 69 in the METEOR database: The patient’s versus the
rheumatologist’s opinion
Chapter 5 Assessment of global disease activity in RA by patients and 83 physicians: differences across countries in the METEOR
database
Chapter 6 DAS steered therapy in clinical practice; cross-sectional results 99 from the METEOR database
Chapter 7 Does reporting to follow a guideline imply that this guideline 115 is really applied in clinical practice? The International
Recommendation Implementation Study (IRIS)
Chapter 8 Summary and general conclusion 133
Chapter 9 Nederlandse samenvatting 143
List of publications 151
Curriculum Vitae 152
Dankwoord 153
