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Improvement in RAID questionnaire results in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with advanced therapies
  1. Andrea Rodríguez Esquíroz,
  2. Amaya Arrondo Velasco,
  3. Amaia Egüés Lugea,
  4. Maite Sarobe Carricas
  1. Pharmacy, University Hospital of Navarre, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Andrea Rodríguez Esquíroz, Pharmacy, University Hospital of Navarre, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; andrea.rodriguez.esquiroz{at}navarra.es

Abstract

Objectives To analyse the changes in patient-reported outcomes after starting advanced antirheumatic treatment.

Methods The study included all patients who started self-administered biological or targeted synthetic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis between February and November 2020. The patients were given the RAID quality of life questionnaire to complete before starting the treatment and after 4 months. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the association between patients' clinical and sociodemographic characteristics and quality of life improvement. The level of significance was set at 0.05.

Results Forty-six patients were included. Their ratings in the RAID questionnaire were improved after 4 months of treatment, both in the final overall total, which improved by 1.63±2.29 points, and in the different subtopics of the questionnaire (range 0–10). Pain was the domain that improved the most (2.33±2.82 points), followed by functional disability (2.15±2.51) and physical well-being (1.96±3.18). The improvement was statistically significant in all domains except the sleep score, which showed no statistically significant difference between the two time points analysed.

Conclusions Advanced antirheumatic treatment improves the quality of life of patients after 4 months of treatment.

  • rheumatology
  • Safety
  • mental health
  • quality of health care
  • pain management

Data availability statement

All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information.

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Data availability statement

All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information.

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