Current Adoption of Composite Indices in Evaluating Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: An Observational Study

- Eighteen years of age or older with diagnosis of RA based on the 1987 American
College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria and in accordance with local guidelines.

- Patients eligible to anti-TNF therapy

- Patients naïve to anti-TNFa drugs

- Patients with radiography (hands and feet) executed by 6 months before the baseline
or at baseline according to modified Sharp Van der Hejde method [Sharp JT et al.
1985; Sharp JT. Et al. 1989; Van der Heijde DM et al. 1989] Patients capable of
understanding and completing the questionnaire Patients capable of understanding and
signing an informed consent form