Socioeconomic, Disease‐Related, and Personal Factors Associated With Participation in Remote Follow‐Up in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Authors' conclusion
Participation in remote follow-up was associated with attachement to the labor market, household income, degree of comorbidity, and confidence with remote care.
Study context
- Population
- Prevalent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients after implementation of a patient-reported outcome-based remote follow-up intervention, Denmark394 of 646 completed questionnaire
- Participants
- 775 patients
- Exposure
- Socioeconomic, disease-related and personal factors vs participation in remote follow-up
- Outcome
- Participation in remote follow-up
Methodological detailsregistry linkage, multiple logistic regression
- Registry linkage
- Multiple logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Factors associated with remote follow-up participation
Odds ratio (95% CI)
No attachment to the labor market
0.53(0.34–0.83)
Low household income
0.69(0.48–1.00)
High comorbidityvs Low/medium comorbidity
0.53(0.34–0.81)
Confidence in remote careremote follow-up attendees reported more confidence
1.33(1.21–1.47)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Socioeconomic, Disease‐Related, and Personal Factors Associated With Participation in Remote Follow‐Up in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 28 March 2023. doi:10.
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