Rheumatological care in rural areas

Puchner, Rudolf; Schaffer, Gertraud; Sautner, Judith; Alkin, Alois; Machold, Klaus; Stamm, Tanja

doi:10.1007/s00508-020-01630-z

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“… 51 Similar findings were found in “The Rheuma-Bus project 2018”, a similar campaign conducted in rural areas. 52 In 2017, the EULAR launched the Europe-wide campaign entitled “Don’t Delay, Connect Today” aiming to highlight rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) as major diseases and a public health concern. 53 Similar campaigns were launched by other societies such as the American College of Rheumatology and the UK’s National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society.…”

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Barriers to the Diagnosis of Early Inflammatory Arthritis: A Literature Review

Saraiva¹,

Duarte²

2023

OARRR

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The early identification of patients with inflammatory arthritis and their referral to rheumatologists in order to establish a diagnosis and to start treatment plays a crucial role in patient outcomes. However, it is recognized that a large proportion of patients with inflammatory arthritis are diagnosed very late, losing the opportunity to start treatment in the very early stages of disease, resulting in a worse prognosis. This delay depends on several factors related to the patient, the disease, socio-demographic and health system aspects. Over time, several strategies have been developed and implemented at different levels aiming to overcome such barriers and to reduce the time from the onset of the symptoms until the diagnosis and start of adequate treatment. In this non-systematic comprehensive review, we will describe the main barriers in the identification of patients with inflammatory arthritis at different levels. We will also discuss the different strategies that have been implemented with the objective to overcome the recognized barriers and their impact in the reduction of delays.

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Section: Strategies To Reduce the Delaymentioning

confidence: 99%