Overview
Identify Rheumatoid Arthritis patients diagnose within first 12 months since the beginning of the disease related symptoms. Initiate proper treatment according to international standards in order to achieve remission/low disease activity status.
Description
- Provide an standardized follow up by a multidisciplinary specialized team.
- Create a biological (blood) bank to develop future research projects.
- Create a database with the clinical, serologic, radiographic and functional status patients data.
- Define comorbidities and mortality causes.
- Begin an educational program to improve patient disease self-knowledge
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients ≥18 years old
- Fulfilled ACR 1987 classification criteria for RA
- Disease evolution of <1 year when first evaluated, and no specific rheumatic diagnosis except for RA.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with another rheumatic disease, except Sjögren syndrome.