The OMERACT glossary is a list of terms used in OMERACT along with their abbreviations and definitions
We created this glossary to facilitate learning about OMERACT by keeping terminology variations and acronyms defined. We hope the glossary is used to ensure that all stakeholders understand what is meant by the terminology, acronyms, and phrases used inside OMERACT & our working groups.
While creating the glossary has evolved over the years and taken a vast amount of time there are many benefits, such as:
- Providing clear definitions of important OMERACT terms
- Encouraging more effective communication among stakeholders, by resolving terminology disagreements.
- A PRIORI
- ABSENTEEISM
- ACR 20 RESPONSE
- ACR 50 RESPONSE
- ACR 70 RESPONSE
- ADHERENCE
- ADVERSE EVENTS
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY
- ANCA-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS
- ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
- ARTHROPLASTY
- ARTHROSCOPY
- BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
- BENEFITS
- BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER
- BIOMARKER
- BIOMARKERS AS PREDICTORS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
- CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE CRYSTALS
- CASE STUDY
- CLINICAL TRIAL
- CLINICALLY RELEVANT
- CLINIMETRY
- COCHRANE
- COCHRANE REVIEW
- COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
- COMORBIDITY
- COMPOSITE MEASURE
- CORE OUTCOME SET
- CORTICOSTEROID
- COSMIN
- DECISION SUPPORT
- DISEASE ACTIVITY
- DISEASE MODIFYING ANTI-RHEUMATIC DRUG
- DOMAIN
- EFFECT SIZE /(STANDARDIZED EFFECT SIZE)
- EFFECTIVENESS
- EFFICIENCY
- EMPOWERMENT
- ENTHESITIS/ENTHESOPATHY
- EROSIONS
- EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM (EULAR)
- EVIDENCE
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA
- FEASIBILITY
- FOCUS GROUP
- GOLD STANDARD
- GRADE
- GROUP FOR RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT OF PSORIASIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (GRAPPA)
- HARMS AND SIDE EFFECTS
- HEALTH INEQUALITY
- HYPOTHESIS
- IDIOPATHIC
- INCLUSION CRITERIA
- INFORMED CONSENT
- INTERNATIONAL DERMATOLOGY OUTCOME MEASURES GROUP (IDEOM)
- LIKERT SCALE
- LOCAL ANESTHETIC/LOCAL ANALGESIA
- MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
- META-ANALYSIS
- MYOSITIS
- NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE
- NSAID
- OMERACT CORE AREA
- OMERACT CORE DOMAIN SET
- OMERACT CORE OUTCOME MEASUREMENT SET
- PATIENT
- PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME
- PEER REVIEW
- PLACEBO
- POLYMYALGIA
- PRACTITIONER
- PRESENTEEISM
- PROSPECTIVE STUDY
- PROTOCOL
- QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
- RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
- RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
- RHEUMATOID FACTOR
- SELF MANAGEMENT
- SHORT-FORM 6-DIMENSION
- SHORT-FORM 12
- SIGNIFICANT
- SMALLEST DETECTABLE DIFFERENCE
- SOCIAL SUPPORT
- SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
- STEROID INJECTIONS
- SYNOVITIS
- SYNOVIUM
- SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
- SYSTEMIC
- T-CELLS
- TOKENISM
- ULTRASOUND
- VALUES
- VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE
- WORKSHOP