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Targeting disease remission has socio-economic benefits over low disease activity
Date:6/19/2010

Rome, Italy, Saturday 19 June 2010: Achieving disease remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) provides superior outcomes across measures of socio-economic importance including work productivity and quality of life according to results presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy. These Austrian findings are reported in addition to improvements in measures of physical functioning, when compared with RA patients achieving low disease activity (LDA).

Results from this cross-sectional study of 356 patients showed statistically significant differences (p= < 0.01) between RA patients who had achieved disease remission (REM, defined by the Clinical disease activity Index (CDAI), a composite index including objective and patient derived scores) compared to those who had achieved LDA across several domains including:

  • Effect on work productivity, based on results of the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI*) index: impairment while working 11.3% vs. 27.2%, overall activity impairment 18.1% vs. 33.8%, REM vs LDA respectively
  • Impact on quality of life, based on results of the Euro Qol (5D EQ-5D)* index: 0.89 vs. 0.78 and the SF-36 PCS* index: 46.2 vs. 37.8
  • Impact on physical functioning, based on results of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ*) scores: 0.38 vs. 0.75.

"We know that RA as a chronic disease often has a long term impact on patients' functional ability, affecting not only patients' well-being but also their working lives. The majority of those affected report a loss of productivity at work, and many even have to stop work altogether," said Dr. Helga Radner, Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Austria and lead author of the study. "Our study results show that the benefits of achieving clinical remission are worthwhile, especially from a socio-economic point of view, as it decreases the 'burden of disease' not
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Contact: Rory Berrie
eularpressoffice@uk.cohnwolfe.com
44-790-151-3297
European League Against Rheumatism
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