Abbreviation Definition
AC Anterior Chamber
ACR American College of Rheumatology
ANZMUSC Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network
b/tsDMARDs Either biologic DMARDs or targeted synthetic DMARDs
bDMARD Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
CHAQ Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire
CI Confidence interval
csDMARD Conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
DAS28 Disease Activity Score in 28 joints
DMARD Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
EULAR European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology
FAF Fundus autofluorescence
GP General practitioner
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
HCQ Hydroxychloroquine
HR Hazard ratio
IV Intravenous
JIA Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
MD Mean difference
mfERG Multifocal electroretinogram
mSvdH Modified Sharp van der Heijde
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
NNTB Number needed to treat for an additional beneficial outcome
NNTH Number needed to treat for an additional harmful outcome
NSAID Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
OCT Optical coherence tomography
OR Odds ratio
PBS Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PICO Participant Intervention Comparison Outcomes
QALY Quality-adjusted life year
RA Rheumatoid arthritis
RANZCO Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
RCO Royal College of Ophthalmologists
RCT Randomised controlled trial
RR Risk ratio
SD-OCT Spectral domain-optical coherence tomography
SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus
TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration
TNF Tumour necrosis factor
tsDMARD Targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug