Patient Preference and Adherence (Feb 2021)

Treatment Satisfaction, Patient Preferences, and the Impact of Suboptimal Disease Control in a Large International Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort: SENSE Study

  • Taylor PC,
  • Ancuta C,
  • Nagy O,
  • de la Vega MC,
  • Gordeev A,
  • Janková R,
  • Kalyoncu U,
  • Lagunes-Galindo I,
  • Morović-Vergles J,
  • Souza MPGUS,
  • Rojkovich B,
  • Sidiropoulos P,
  • Kawakami A

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 15
pp. 359 – 373

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Peter C Taylor,1 Codrina Ancuta,2 Orsolya Nagy,3 María C de la Vega,4 Andrey Gordeev,5 Radka Janková,6 Umut Kalyoncu,7 Ivan Lagunes-Galindo,3 Jadranka Morović-Vergles,8 Mariana Peixoto GU e Silva de Souza,9 Bernadette Rojkovich,10 Prodromos Sidiropoulos,11 Atsushi Kawakami12 1Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 2Department of Rheumatology, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania; 3AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, USA; 4CEIM Investigaciones Medicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation; 6Department of Pediatric and Adult Rheumatology, Faculty Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic; 7Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; 8Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Allergology and Rheumatology, Dubrava University Hospital, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; 9Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 10Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; 11Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; 12Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanCorrespondence: Peter C TaylorBotnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UKTel +44 1865 227323Email [email protected]: Patients’ needs and perspectives are important determinants of treatment success in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Assessing patients’ perspectives can help identify unmet needs and enhance the understanding of treatment benefits.Objective: The SENSE study assessed the impact of inadequate response to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on treatment satisfaction, disease outcomes, and patient perspectives related to RA disease management.Methods: SENSE was a noninterventional, cross-sectional study conducted in 18 countries across Europe, Asia, and South America. Adult patients with poorly controlled RA of moderate/high disease activity were eligible. Patient satisfaction was assessed by the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM v1.4). Treatment adherence, healthcare resource utilization (HRU), quality of life (QoL), work ability, digital health literacy (DHL), patient preference information, and treatment strategy were also assessed.Results: A total of 1624 patients were included in the study: most were female (84.2%) and middle-aged, and mean disease duration was 10.5 years. Mean TSQM global satisfaction subscore was 60.9, with only 13.5% of patients reporting good treatment satisfaction (TSQM global ≥ 80). The strongest predictor of good treatment satisfaction was treatment with advanced therapies. Most patients (87.4%) reported good treatment adherence. In general, patients had impaired QoL and work ability, high HRU, and 67.4% had poor DHL. Leading treatment expectations were “general improvement of arthritis” and “less joint pain”. Most patients preferred oral RA medications (60.7%) and rapid (≤ 1 week) onset of action (71.1%). “Increased risk for malignancies” and “increased risk for cardiovascular disease” were the least acceptable side effects. Despite suboptimal control, advanced therapies were only used in a minority of patients, and DMARD switches were planned for only half of the patients.Conclusion: Suboptimal disease control negatively impacts treatment satisfaction, work ability, QoL, and HRU. Data collected on patient perspectives may inform shared decision-making and optimize treat-to-target strategies for improving patient outcomes in RA.Keywords: adherence, digital health literacy, patient preference, rheumatoid arthritis, treatment satisfaction

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