Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have better functional and working ability but poorer general health and higher comorbidity rates today than in the late 1990s

摘要

Objectives: Better treatment strategies and therapeutic options have changed the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during the past decade. Our objective was to examine clinical and patient-reported outcomes in patients with RA treated in 1998-99 and 2011-12.