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Management results of a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients in a specialized comprehensive healthcare institution in Colombia
Resultados de gestión en una cohorte de pacientes con artritis reumatoide en una institución de atención integral especializada en Colombia
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Joaquín Arturo Piñeros Castilloa, Helbert Orlando Arévalo Roab, Iván Mauricio Muñoz-Galindob,
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a Medicina Integral IPS S.A., Barranquilla, Colombia
b GSA Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología SAS, Bogotá, Colombia
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Received 15 September 2020. Accepted 12 January 2021
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Table 1. Characteristics of the population with rheumatoid arthritis by sex as of June 30, 2018.
Table 2. Annual distribution of percentages of use of DMARDs 2015–2018.
Table 3. Distribution of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by type of medication and disease activity.
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Abstract
Objective

To determine the management results in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a specialized integral healthcare institution for this disease in Colombia.

Materials and methods

Descriptive cross-sectional study based on a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients according to ACR/EULAR 2010 criteria. The information was analysed based on consolidated data from clinical records and national reports in the period 2015–2018. Administrative records related to medication authorizations and prescriptions were considered. Sociodemographic variables, outcome indicators related to disease activity status and medication use percentage were evaluated.

Results

As of June 30th 2018, 698 patients were identified, of which the female sex represented 83.8%, the general average age was 55.47 years, and the highest number of cases were in the 60–64 year age group. Of the patients, 68.3% were between remission and low disease activity. Seventy-three point one percent were managed with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and a reduction in the use of biological therapy was recorded from 27.2% in 2016 to 17.8% at the end of the period.

Conclusions

This study presents the management results of a comprehensive care model for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Colombia, which managed to maintain the highest proportion of patients in low activity and remission as they had a longer follow-up time, to decrease the percentage of biological DMARDs use, and establish conventional DMARDs as the main therapeutic alternative.

Keywords:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Antirheumatic agents
Healthcare programmes
Outcome assessment
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Objetivo

Conocer los resultados de gestión en una cohorte de pacientes con artritis reumatoide en una institución de atención integral especializada en esta enfermedad en Colombia.

Materiales y métodos

Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, a partir de una cohorte de pacientes de artritis reumatoide, según criterios ACR/EULAR 2010. La información se analizó con base en los datos consolidados de historia clínica y reportes nacionales en el periodo 2015–2018. Se tuvieron en cuenta los registros administrativos relacionados con autorizaciones y prescripciones de medicamentos. Se evaluaron variables sociodemográficas, indicadores de resultado relacionados con el estado de actividad de la enfermedad y porcentaje de uso de medicamentos.

Resultados

A 30 de junio de 2018, se identificaron 698 pacientes, de los cuales el 83,8% correspondió a sexo femenino; el promedio general de edad fue de 55,47 años y el grupo de edad de 60 a 64 años concentró el mayor número de casos. El 68,3% se ubicó entre remisión y actividad baja de la enfermedad. El 73,1% se encontró manejado con fármacos antirreumáticos modificadores de enfermedad convencionales y se registró una reducción de uso de terapia biológica desde el 27,2% en 2016 al 17,8% al final del periodo.

Conclusiones

Este estudio presenta los resultados de gestión de un modelo de atención integral para pacientes con artritis reumatoide en Colombia, que logró mantener la mayor proporción de pacientes en actividad baja y remisión a medida que estos contaban con mayor tiempo de seguimiento, también logró disminuir el porcentaje de uso de FARME biológicos y establecer los FARME convencionales como la principal alternativa terapéutica.

Palabras clave:
Artritis reumatoide
Antirreumáticos
Programas de salud
Evaluación de resultados

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