From: Burden of rheumatoid arthritis on patients’ work productivity and quality of life
Characteristic | Argentina | Brazil | Colombia | Mexico | Total | |||||
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(N = 75) | (N = 68) | (N = 72) | (N = 75) | (N = 290) | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Clinical characteristics | ||||||||||
Body Mass Index [Mean/SD] | 26.8 | 4.9 | 29.2 | 6.1 | 24.8 | 3.7 | 27.6 | 5.2 | 27.0 | 5.3 |
Comorbidities | 53 | 70.7 | 59 | 86.8 | 40 | 55.6 | 40 | 53.3 | 192 | 66.2 |
Patients who underwent at least one previous orthopedic surgery | 18 | 24.0 | 12 | 17.6 | 11 | 15.3 | 7 | 9.3 | 48 | 16.6 |
Disease characteristics | ||||||||||
Disease duration (years) [Mean/SD] | 8.9 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 7.7 |
Time since symptoms onset (years) [Mean/SD] | 9.7 | 9.0 | 12 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 10.1 | 8.0 |
Patients with medication coverage/insurance | 68 | 90.7 | 47 | 69.1 | 69 | 95.8 | 55 | 73.3 | 239 | 82.4 |
Use of DMARDs | 66 | 88.0 | 60 | 88.2 | 62 | 86.1 | 69 | 92.0 | 260 | 89.7 |
Disease activity (RAPID3 score) | ||||||||||
Remission | 9 | 12.0 | 3 | 4.4 | 6 | 8.3 | 15 | 20.0 | 33 | 11.4 |
Low severity | 17 | 22.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 11 | 14.7 | 38 | 13.1 |
Moderate severity | 14 | 18.7 | 23 | 33.8 | 21 | 29.2 | 21 | 28.0 | 79 | 27.2 |
High severity | 22 | 29.3 | 38 | 55.9 | 31 | 43.1 | 22 | 29.3 | 113 | 39.0 |
Direct medical resource utilization in the last three months | ||||||||||
Patients with at least one outpatient visit | 58 | 77.3 | 52 | 76.5 | 58 | 80.5 | 56 | 74.7 | 224 | 77.2 |
Patients with at least one visit to perform tests | 47 | 62.7 | 48 | 70.6 | 45 | 62.5 | 49 | 65.3 | 196 | 67.9 |
Patients who underwent at least one surgery (any type) | 4 | 5.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 5.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 10 | 3.4 |