What do patients prefer? A multinational, longitudinal, qualitative study on patient-preferred treatment outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis.
Kristien Van der ElstElke G E MathijssenEllen LandgrenAnn BremanderAn De GroefElisabet LindqvistMaria NylanderAlma PetersFrank Van den HoogenYvonne van Eijk-HustingsGerard VerhoevenJohanna E VriezekolkRene WesthovensIngrid LarssonPublished in: RMD open (2021)
This study on patient-preferred outcomes in early RA revealed that patients essentially want to live a normal life despite RA. Our findings help to understand what really matters to patients and provide specific insights into the early stage of RA, which should be addressed by clinicians of different disciplines from the start of treatment onwards.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- early stage
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- adipose tissue
- single cell
- systemic sclerosis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- palliative care
- interstitial lung disease
- cross sectional
- sentinel lymph node