Joint tenderness at 3 months follow-up better predicts long-term pain than baseline characteristics in early rheumatoid arthritis patients
Authors' conclusion
A substantial proportion of patients had unacceptable pain with low inflammation after 2 years.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with early RA recruited in 2012–2016, followed for 2 years
- Participants
- 275 patients
- Outcome
- Unacceptable pain (visual analogue scale (VAS) pain >40), with or without low inflammation (CRP <10 mg/l); baseline and 3-month predictors
- Follow-up
- 1 and 2 years
Methodological detailslogistic regression analysis
- Logistic regression analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Unacceptable pain (VAS pain >40) · 2 years
Patients reporting unacceptable pain
32%
Low inflammation among those with unacceptable pain
81%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Joint tenderness at 3 months follow-up better predicts long-term pain than baseline characteristics in early rheumatoid arthritis patients. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 14 June 2023. doi:10.
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