Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of socio-demographic characteristics, disease-related characteristics and health care use related-characteristics on the treatment effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis patients, both separately and together.
Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 440 rheumatoid arthritis patients for 99% confidence level, and this sample was reached based on the convenience sampling method. Patients who received at least one anti-TNF therapy were included in the study. Treatment effectiveness levels of rheumatoid arthritis patients were measured with a questionnaire. In the analysis of the study, four different regression models were established. In the first model, socio-demographic characteristics; in the second model, disease characteristics; in the third model, health care use characteristics: in the fourth model, the effect of all these variables on treatment effectiveness was examined.
Results: In the study, smoking status, age (socio-demographic characteristics), drug regimen complexity, comorbidity status, education about the disease, disease duration (disease characteristics), and a number of admissions (health care use characteristics), were found to have a significant effect on treatment effectiveness.
Conclusion: In the study, the factors affecting the treatment effectiveness were determined. Therefore, it is important to consider these factors revealed in this study in order to increase the treatment effectiveness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis treatment effectiveness Anti-TNF therapy
Yok
Yok
We would like to thank Umut Kalyoncu (PhD), Şaziye Şule Apraş Bilgen (PhD) and Levent Kılıç (PhD) who Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine faculty members
Yok
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
---|---|
Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Research Article |
Yazarlar | |
Proje Numarası | Yok |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Ocak 2023 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 12 Nisan 2022 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2023 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1 |