Understanding the psychosocial determinants of effective disease management in rheumatoid arthritis to prevent persistently active disease: a qualitative study
Study context
- Population
- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) purposively sampled from diverse ethnicities, primary languages, employment status and occupations (2021)28 interviews · 3 focus groups
- Participants
- 45 patients
- Outcome
- Patient perspectives on psychosocial determinants that drive persistently active disease in RA
Methodological detailssemistructured interviews, focus groups, online, purposive sampling, inductive thematic analysis, patient research partners involved in design
- Semistructured interviews
- Focus groups
- Online
- Purposive sampling
- Inductive thematic analysis
- Patient research partners involved in design
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Main themes on psychosocial determinants that may impact RA management
Six main themes identified
6
Original publication
Understanding the psychosocial determinants of effective disease management in rheumatoid arthritis to prevent persistently active disease: a qualitative study. RMD Open. Published 12 April 2024. doi:10.
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