Predictors of functional improvement and pain reduction in rheumatoid arthritis patients who achieved low disease activity with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: a retrospective study of the FIRST Registry
- Published on 07/29/2024
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Ochi Sae 1,2, Sonomoto Koshiro 2,3, Nakayamada Shingo 2, Tanaka Yoshiya 2
1 https://ror.org/039ygjf22 Department of Laboratory Medicine The Jikei University School of Medicine Nishishinbashi 3-25-8 105-8461 Minato-ku Tokyo Japan
2 https://ror.org/020p3h829 The First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Iseigaoka1-1, Yahatanishi-ku 807-8555 Kitakyushu Fukuoka Japan
3 https://ror.org/020p3h829 Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Iseigaoka1-1, Yahatanishi-ku 807-8555 Kitakyushu Fukuoka Japan
Abstract
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients sometimes exhibit different levels of improvement in health assessment questionnaire-disability index (HAQ-DI) and subjective pain visual analogue score (VAS) even after achieving low disease activities (LDA). This study aimed to identify factors associated with improvement in HAQ-DI and pain VAS among those who achieved LDA.
Methods Data of the FIRST registry, a multi-institutional cohort of RA patients treated...
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