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To identify and quantify perceived unmet medical needs and treatment satisfaction among US patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

August 6, 2019Rheumatology and TherapyOpen Access

Patient Perceptions of Unmet Medical Need in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the USA

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To identify and quantify perceived unmet medical needs and treatment satisfaction among US patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
Online cross-sectional registry survey conducted from December 2017 to January 2018 in the USA among 258 eligible patients aged ≥ 21 years who failed ≥ 1 DMARD and received their current DMARD for ≥ 6 months.
Assessed patient-reported disease history, flare frequency, the Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) questionnaire, and the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM; satisfaction defined as global score ≥ 80).
Only 26% of patients (67 of 258) were satisfied with their treatment, with mean (SD) TSQM scores of 59 (20) for effectiveness, 59 (26) for side effects, and 65 (21) for global satisfaction.
Forty-four percent of participants reported an active flare at survey completion, and 43% reported daily or near-daily use of prescription pain medications.
The mean (SD) RAID score was 5.1 (2.0) on a 0–10 scale, with dissatisfied patients reporting higher overall impact scores and approximately half experiencing a current flare.

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Cross-sectional survey reveals low treatment satisfaction and persistent symptom burden in rheumatoid arthritis patients, highlighting substantial unmet therapeutic needs.

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Radawski et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7563eb375b1f3d8cdbe587 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-019-00168-5

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Implication

Cross-sectional survey reveals low treatment satisfaction and persistent symptom burden in rheumatoid arthritis patients, highlighting substantial unmet therapeutic needs.

Patient Perceptions of Unmet Medical Need in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the USA

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Patient Perceptions of Unmet Medical Need in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the USA

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