%0 Journal Article %T The Use of patient Reported Outcome Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japan: A Systematic Literature Review %A Ann Chuo Tang %A Bruce Crawford %A Hyunchung Kim %A Taeko Ishii %A Tamas Treuer %J Archive of "The Open Rheumatology Journal". %D 2017 %R 10.2174/1874312901711010043 %X Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) obtained through routine medical care may identify patients¡¯ day-to-day burden and help tackle the disease from the patients¡¯ perspective. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the availability of PRO data and PRO tools for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japan %K Burden of illness %K Japan %K Patient-reported outcomes %K QOL %K Rheumatoid arthritis %K Humanistic burden %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5427692/