Tele-Health Followup Strategy for Tight Control of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Arthritis Care & Research
Annette de ThurahThomas Maribo

Abstract

To test the effect of patient-reported outcome (PRO)-based tele-health followup for tight control of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and the differences between tele-health followup performed by rheumatologists or rheumatology nurses. A total of 294 patients were randomized (1:1:1) to either PRO-based tele-health followup carried out by a nurse (PRO-TN) or a rheumatologist (PRO-TR), or conventional outpatient followup by physicians. The primary outcome was a change in the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (DAS28) after week 52. Secondary outcomes were physical function, quality of life, and self-efficacy. The noninferiority margin was a DAS28 score change of 0.6. Mean differences were estimated following per protocol, intent-to-treat (ITT), and multivariate imputation analysis. Overall, patients had low disease activity at baseline and end followup. Demographics and baseline characteristics were similar between groups. Noninferiority was established for the DAS28. In the ITT analysis, mean differences in the DAS28 score between PRO-TR versus control were -0.10 (90% confidence interval [90% CI] -0.30, 0.13) and -0.19 (90% CI -0.41, 0.02) between PRO-TN versus control. When including 1 yearly visit ...Continue Reading

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