A concept elicitation study to understand the relationship between sleep and pain in rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This qualitative study (GSK study: 213635) was designed to better understand sleep disturbance as experienced by individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and the relationship between sleep disturbance and pain and other aspects of the disease and disease activity.

Methods

Sixty-minute, one-on-one, concept elicitation interviews were conducted with 30 participants (15 with RA and 15 with axSpA) from the US. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Interview transcripts were coded and analyzed to explore themes related to pain and sleep disturbance, and relationships among those themes.

Results

Pain was a prominent driver of sleep disturbance; 12 participants with RA (80%) and 14 with axSpA (93%) reported tha

SUBMITTER: Raymond K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature