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GRAPPA Publishes PsA Guidelines
Arthritis Rheumatol; ePub 2016 Mar 23; Coates, et al
The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis has published overarching principles and updated treatment recommendations for the key manifestations of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The group reports:
• Six overarching principles had ≥80% agreement among both health care professionals (n = 135) and patient research partners (n = 10).
• Developed treatment recommendations and a schema incorporating these principles for arthritis, spondylitis, enthesitis, dactylitis, skin disease, nail disease, and comorbidities in the setting of PsA, using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation process.
• Agreement of >80% was reached for approval of the individual recommendations and the overall schema.
Citation: Coates LC, Kavanaugh A, Mease PJ, et al. Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis 2015 treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis. [Published online ahead of print March 23, 2016]. Arthritis Rheumatol. doi:10.1002/art.39573.