Long-term outcomes of patients who rate symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis as 'satisfactory'.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe outcomes of patients with early RA in a patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) at treatment initiation and to identify clusters of symptoms associated with poor outcomes.

Methods

Data came from the Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Study, a UK multicentre cohort study of RA patients starting MTX. The HAQ, DAS28 and other patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) were collected at baseline, and at 6 and 12 months. Patients answering yes to the question 'Is your current condition satisfactory, when you take your general functioning and your current pain into consideration?' were defined as PASS; patients answering no were defined as N-PASS. Symptom clusters in the baseline PASS group were identified using K-medians cluster analysis. Outcomes of baseline P

SUBMITTER: Gwinnutt JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382599 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature