ABSTRACT

Objective:

The objective of this study was to assess the acceptability of the Turkish treat to target (T2T) recommendations by a larger group of Turkish rheumatologists.

Methods:

A questionnaire including Turkish T2T recommendations was sent by e-mail to Turkish rheumatologists who were members of Turkish Society for Rheumatology. The participants were asked to score each item of the recommendations from 1 (completely disagree) to 10 points (completely agree) on a visual analog scale (VAS).

Results:

One hundred and three of 200 (51.5%) members of the Turkish Society for Rheumatology participated. The acceptability of the recommendations were generally good. The mean VAS score for each item was higher than 8, except for the second item. The percentage of participants who gave a score of 7 or less was 32% for the second item, and 21% for the third item. On the other hand, the percentage of participants who completely agreed with the first and tenth recommendations were 67% and 76%, respectively.

Conclusion:

Turkish T2T recommendations was generally well accepted by Turkish rheumatologists in a survey answered by approximately half of the members of the Turkish Society for Rheumatology. Some of the rheumatology physicians did not agree with the definition of clinical remission. According to this survey, Turkish T2T recommendations were acceptable and may be useful for clinical practice.