Table 4.
Alternate diagnosis | |
False-positive cases detected by self-report + IRD questionnaire, n=39 |
Osteoarthritis (n=24) Scapulohumeral periarthritis (n=5) Polymyalgia rheumatica (n=3) Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (n=3) Systemic lupus erythematosus (n=2) Osteoporosis (n=1) Lumbar sciatic (n=1) |
False-positive cases detected by self-report + reimbursement database, n=10 |
Psoriatic arthritis (n=7) Systemic lupus erythematosus (n=2) Osteoarthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (n=1) |
IRD, inflammatory rheumatic disease.