Current State, Control, Impact and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis According to Patient : AR 2020 National Survey

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OBJECTIVES: To analyse current status, control and impact of RA on patients' lives as well as the management of RA symptoms.

METHODS: A structured anonymous online questionnaire was designed and sent to patients with RA, aged 18 years or above living in Spain. Participants were invited though different strategies: 1) ConArtritis and related patients associations; 2) Patients participating in the platform www.in-pacient.es; 3) Links from ConArtritis website and open social networks. Sociodemographic and clinical variables, as well as others related to the objectives were collected. A descriptive analysis was performed.

RESULTS: We analysed 882 RA patients, 89% women, with a median age of 52 years, 31.9% disease duration <5 years. They reported a mean pain and patient global disease score (0-10) of 5.1 and 4.9 respectively. The rate of patients with many difficulties or inability to perform daily tasks varied from 6.4% to 49.2%. Based on the activity index 56.8% of patients reported high activity. We found a great or severe impact on the emotional well-being in 31.5% of patients, and of 29.2% in the workplace or academic setting. A total of 87.9% are taking some medication for RA, and 17.3% are little / not satisfied with them. In addition, 67.1% take conventional synthetic disease modifying drugs (DMARDs), and 45.9% biological therapies including biosimilars and small molecules.

CONCLUSIONS: The current impact of RA on patients' daily lives remains very high. A significant number of patients are not taking DMARDs (conventional synthetic and / or biologics) despite high activity.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

Enthalten in:

Reumatologia clinica - (2020) vom: 26. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Estado, control, impacto y manejo actual de la artritis reumatoide según los pacientes: encuesta nacional AR 2020

Beteiligte Personen:

Alcaide, Laly [VerfasserIn]
Torralba, Antonio I [VerfasserIn]
Eusamio Serre, José [VerfasserIn]
García Cotarelo, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Loza, Estíbaliz [VerfasserIn]
Sivera, Francisca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Artritis reumatoide
Calidad de vida
Dolor
Encuesta
Fatiga
Fatigue
Journal Article
Pain
Quality of life
Rheumatoid arthritis
Survey
Tratamiento
Treatment

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Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1016/j.reuma.2020.10.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318167573