Doctors Overestimate RA Patient Disability
Posted on: Friday, 29 June 2007, 18:05 CDT
Rheumatologists substantially overestimate the physical disability of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a U.S. study.
Researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, both in Tampa, Fla., found a clear physician-patient difference in assessment of the patients' functional disability.
The rheumatologists consistently rated their rheumatoid arthritis patients' degree of difficulty in performing activities of daily living, such as walking, dressing and eating, higher than the patients themselves, according to the study published in the Journal of Rheumatology.
We flunked, co-first author Dr. John D. Carter said in a statement. The very physicians deemed to be experts in rheumatoid arthritis failed to make the grade when it came to determining their patients' functional status.
The discrepancy is important to correct because patients can rely on these assessments for their livelihood or other necessities to perform activities of daily living, according to Carter.
Source: United Press International
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