About the Flares in Osteoarthritis Working Group
Many patients have been suggesting that traditional outcome measures and instruments do not capture all their experiences of living with their OA of the hips and knees, such like intermittent episodes or ‘flares’ of their disease. There are many other features beyond pain that can occur during these episodes, that have a big impact on their quality of life.
The key aim of the OA Flare Working Group is first, to identify the domains of Hip or Knee OA flare using OMERACT methodology. Second, to follow this with developing a composite measure, incorporating these domains.
Leigh Callahan
Co-Chair
Francis Guillemin
Co-Chair
Lyn March
Co-Chair
Lauren King
Returning Fellow
Tom Buttel
Patient Research Partner
Sam Michel Cembalo
Patient Research Partner
Flares in Osteoarthritis Overview Video
RECENT WORKING GROUP PUBLICATIONS
The Flare-OA-16 questionnaire measuring flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis in the patient perspective: scale reduction and validation using a Rasch model
A scoping review of patient self-report measures of flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a report from the OMERACT OA Flare Working Group
Assessing domain match and feasibility of candidate instruments matching with OMERACT endorsed domains to measure flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis
Endorsement of the domains of knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) flare:A report from the OMERACT 2020 inaugural virtual consensus vote from the flares in OA working group
Developing a Preliminary Definition and Domains of Flare in Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis (OA): Consensus Building of the Flare-in-OA OMERACT Group
Defining Flare in Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: A Systematic Literature Review — OMERACT Virtual Special Interest Group