Unmet Needs in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Subgroup of Patients With High Levels of Pain, Fatigue, and Psychosocial Distress 3 Years After Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study objective was to identify subgroups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on their health status 3 years after diagnosis and to assess potential associations to clinical presentation at diagnosis.

Methods

This observational study included patients with RA with 3-year follow-up data from the Swedish Epidemiological Investigation of RA study, collected from 2011 to 2018. Hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis, based on symptoms of pain, fatigue, sleep quality, mood disturbances, and overall health-related quality of life (HRQoL), was used to identify subgroups 3 years after diagnosis. Modified Poisson regression was used to estimate risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations between the subgroups and patient ch

SUBMITTER: Lindqvist J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9190219 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature