Data Dictionary of the Rhekiss CRFs

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Using advanced epidemiological methods, Programme Area 2 investigates biological, psychosocial and health care-related factors that influence the course and outcome of rheumatic diseases in adults and children. Our research mainly builds on long-term observational studies, conducted in close cooperation with a nationwide network of more than 500 paediatric and adult rheumatology specialists. In addition, specific population-based analyses are carried out using data from health insurance companies ...

Rhekiss is a nationwide register to record the course of disease in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases who wish to have children and are pregnant. Since 2015, in collaboration with the Rheumazentrum Rhein-Ruhr e. V., we have been prospectively collecting data on the course and outcome of the pregnancy and the development of the child up to its second birthday. The inflammatory rheumatic diseases covered by Rhekiss include rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ...