Perspectives on Treatment Burden for Methotrexate and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Among Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe patients' perspectives on the burden associated with methotrexate (MTX) or tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) use in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

Between May 2019 and March 2020, patients receiving MTX and/or a TNFi for either PsA or RA were randomly sampled from the FORWARD data bank and were invited to participate in semistructured telephone interviews. Interviews explored patients' perspectives on treatment burden and experiences with MTX and TNFi and were conducted until data saturation was achieved. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a grounded theory approach and NVivo v12.0 software.

Results

Overall, 25 patients with PsA and 24 patients with RA participated in the interviews. P

SUBMITTER: Ogdie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100692 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature