| Autor: |
Direşkeneli, Haner, Akkoç, Nurullah, Bes, Cemal, Çakır, Necati, Çefle, Ayşe, Çobankara, Veli, Dalkılıç, Ediz, Karaaslan, Yaşar |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Hitit Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
Objective: Unmet needs of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients regarding physician/patient communication, treatment preferences and quality of life issues were investigated in a Turkish survey study. Methods: The study was conducted with the contribution of 33 rheumatologists, and included 519 RA patients. The study population included patients who had been on biologic therapy for >6 months and were still receiving biologic therapy (BT group), and those who were biologic naive, but found eligible for biologic treatment (NBT group). Of the RA patients, 35.5% initially had a visit to an internal disease specialist, 25.5% to a physical therapy and rehabilitation specialist, and 12.2% to a rheumatology specialist for their RA complaints. The diagnosis of RA was made by a rheumatologist in 48.2% of patients. Results: The majority of RA patients (86.3%) visit their doctor within 15-week intervals. Most of the physician-patient communication focused on disease symptoms (99.0%) and impact of the disease on quality of life (61.8%). The proportion of RA patients who perceived their health status as good/very good/excellent was higher in the BT group than in the NBT group (74.3% vs. 51.5%, p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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