Cardiovascular risk management in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis: online survey results from a national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic inflammatory arthritis is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Pharmacological management and healthy lifestyle modification is recommended to manage these risks, but it is not known how often these are utilised and whether there is any difference in their use between patients with different types of arthritis. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the proportion of participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) receiving pharmacological or lifestyle management strategies for CV risk factors. The secondary objective was to identify factors associated with use of management strategies.

Methods

A survey was sent to online participants in the Australian Rheumatology Association Database

SUBMITTER: Sinnathurai P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390588 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature