Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Factors Associated With the Initiation and Retention of Patients With Lupus in the Chronic Disease Self‐Management Program
Authors' conclusion
Our findings suggest that young Black women with SLE face barriers to attend and complete in-person CDSMP workshops, possibly in relation to work and child care demands.
Study context
- Population
- Black women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who consented to attend a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) workshop
- Participants
- 228 women
- Exposure
- Factors associated with CDSMP initiation and completion
- Outcome
- CDSMP initiation (attended ≥1 of first 2 weekly classes) and completion (completed ≥4 of 6 weekly classes)
Methodological detailslogistic regression, unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs)
- Logistic regression
- Unadjusted and adjusted ORs
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- CDSMP initiators
- 74% [n = 168]
- CDSMP completers (of initiators)
- 126 (75%)
- Initiation: older age, aOR
- 1.03 (95% CI 1.00-1.06)
- Initiation: unemployment/disability, aOR
- 2.05 (95% CI 1.05-4.14)
- Initiation: each additional child in household, unadjusted OR
- 0.78 (95% CI 0.62-0.98)
- Initiation: each additional child in household, aOR (nonsignificant)
- 0.89 (95% CI 0.68-1.18)
- Completion: each additional year of age (only factor differing significantly), aOR
- 1.04 (95% CI 1.00-1.07)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Factors Associated With the Initiation and Retention of Patients With Lupus in the Chronic Disease Self‐Management Program. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 10 January 2023. doi:10.
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