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Rheumatology
High vegetable consumption and regular exercise are associated with better quality of life in patients with gout
Hyunsue Do, Hyo Jin Choi, Byoongyong Choi, Chang-Nam Son, Sang-Hyon Kim, You-Jung Ha, Ji Hyoun Kim, Min Jung Kim, Kichul Shin, Hyun-Ok Kim, Ran Song, Sung Won Lee, Joong Kyong Ahn, Seung-Geun Lee, Chang Hoon Lee, Kyeong Min Son, Ki Won Moon
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(5):845-854. Published online June 24, 2024
Background/Aims: The Gout Impact Scale (GIS), a part of the Gout Assessment Questionnaire 2.0, is used to measure gout-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Although several studies have been conducted on the factors affecting the HRQOL of patients with gout, few have focused on lifestyle..
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Two-year clinical outcomes after discontinuation of long-term golimumab therapy in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Kichul Shin, Hyun Mi Kwon, Min Jung Kim, Myung Jae Yoon, Hyun Gyung Chai, Seong-Wook Kang, Won Park, Sung-Hwan Park, Chang Hee Suh, Hyun Ah Kim, Seung-Geun Lee, Choong Ki Lee, Sang-Cheol Bae, Yong-Beom Park, Yeong Wook Song
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(5):1061-1069. Published online December 13, 2021
Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate long-term post-discontinuation outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had been treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNF-αi) which was then discontinued.
Methods: Sixty Korean patients with RA who participated i..
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Predictors of joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: focus on short- and long-term effects of intra-articular glucocorticoid injections
Jung Hee Koh, Hanna Lee, Seung-Geun Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(6):1515-1526. Published online February 15, 2021
Background/Aims: To investigate the short- and long-term efficacy of intra-articular glucocorticoid injections (IAGI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: This was a retrospective study of RA patients who had active arthritis in the hand or wrist joints and who received IAGI (or not..
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Simplified disease activity changes in real-world practice: a nationwide observational study of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients with moderate-to-high disease activity
Kichul Shin, Sung Soo Kim, Sang-Heon Lee, Seung-Jae Hong, Sung Jae Choi, Jung-Yoon Choe, Seung-Geun Lee, Hoon-Suk Cha, Eun Young Lee, Sung-Hwan Park, Jin-Wuk Hur, Sung Soo Na, Chang-Hee Suh, Min Wook So, Seung Won Choi, Dong-Hyuk Sheen, Won Park, Shin-Seok Lee, Wan Hee Ryu, Jin Seok Kim, Jung Soo Song, Hye Soon Lee, Seong Ho Kim, Dae-Hyun Yoo
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(1):231-239. Published online January 28, 2019
Background/Aims: The objective of this study was to compare changes in the simplified disease activity index (SDAI) between biologic (b) and conventional (c) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) users with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in daily clinical practice. Methods: This was ..
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Response to comment on “Medication nonadherence in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the importance of belief about medication and illness perception”
Young Sun Suh, Yun-Hong Cheon, Hyun-Ok Kim, Rock-Bum Kim, Ki Soo Park, Sang-Hyon Kim, Seung-Geun Lee, Eun-Kyoung Park, Jian Hur, Sang-Il Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(6):1254-1254. Published online October 30, 2018
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Rheumatology
Medication nonadherence in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the importance of belief
about medication and illness perception
Young Sun Suh, Yun-Hong Cheon, Hyun-Ok Kim, Rock-Bum Kim, Ki Soo Park, Sang-Hyon Kim, Seung-Geun Lee, Eun-Kyoung Park, Jian Hur, Sang-Il Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(1):203-210. Published online April 20, 2017
Background/Aims: To investigate medication nonadherence in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and analyze related factors.
Methods: A total of 292 patients with RA participated in this study. Medication nonadherence, intentional or unintentional, was gauged via self-reported questionnai..
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Drug survival and the associated predictors in South Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
receiving tacrolimus
Eun-Young Park, Seung-Geun Lee, Eun-Kyoung Park, Dong-Wan Koo, Ji-Heh Park, Geun-Tae Kim, Hee-Sang Tag, Hyun-Ok Kim, Young-Sun Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(1):193-202. Published online April 6, 2016
Background/Aims: To investigate the drug survival rate of tacrolimus (TAC) and analyze the potential predictors of this rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in routine care.
Methods: In this retrospective longitudinal study, we enrolled 102 RA patients treated with TAC from April 2009 to..
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Is the frequency of metabolic syndrome higher in South Korean women with rheumatoid arthritis than in healthy subjects?
Seung-Geun Lee, Ji-Min Kim, Sun-Hee Lee, Kye-Hyung Kim, Ji-Hye Kim, Ji-Won Yi, Woo-Jin Jung, Young-Eun Park, Seong-Hu Park, Joung-Wook Lee, Seung-Hoon Baek, Jun-Hee Lee, Geun-Tae Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2013;28(2):206-215. Published online February 27, 2013
Background/AimsTo compare the frequency of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and magnitude of insulin resistance, measured by the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), between South Korean women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy subjects, and to evalua..
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