Effect of subcutaneous tocilizumab treatment on work/housework status in biologic-naïve rheumatoid arthritis patients using inverse probability of treatment weighting: FIRST ACT-SC study

Effect of subcutaneous tocilizumab treatment on work/housework status in biologic-naïve rheumatoid arthritis patients using inverse probability of treatment weighting: FIRST ACT-SC study

Abstract Background Following the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients experience a functional decline caused by various joint symptoms which affects their activities of daily living and can lead to reduced work productivity. We evaluated the effect of a 52-week treatment with tocilizumab by...

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Main Authors: Yoshiya Tanaka, Hideto Kameda, Kazuyoshi Saito, Yuko Kaneko, Eiichi Tanaka, Shinsuke Yasuda, Naoto Tamura, Keishi Fujio, Takao Fujii, Toshihisa Kojima, Tatsuhiko Anzai, Chikuma Hamada, Yoshihisa Fujino, Shinya Matsuda, Hitoshi Kohsaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Disease activity
Work disability
Quality of life
Rheumatoid arthritis
Tocilizumab
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1647-3

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