TY - JOUR
T1 - Fibromyalgia and the Prediction of Two-Year Changes in Functional Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
AU - Kim, Hyein
AU - Cui, Jing
AU - Frits, Michelle
AU - Iannaccone, Christine
AU - Coblyn, Jonathan
AU - Shadick, Nancy A.
AU - Weinblatt, Michael E.
AU - Lee, Yvonne C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Lee’s work was supported by the NIH (grants AR-057578 and AR-064850).
Funding Information:
research grants from Amgen, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lilly, Novartis, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Crescendo, Myriad Genetics, and UCB, and has received consultant fees, speaking fees, and/or honoraria from Bristol-Myers Squibb and UCB (more than $10,000 each) and Myriad Genetics (less than $10,000). Dr. Lee has received research grants from Forest Research Institute and Pfizer.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Objective: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with fibromyalgia (FM) have higher disease activity, greater medical costs, and worse quality of life compared to RA patients without FM. We determined the impact of FM on 2-year changes in the functional status of RA patients in a prospective study. Methods: Subjects included participants in the Brigham Rheumatoid Arthritis Sequential Study who were enrolled in a substudy of the effects of pain in RA. Subjects completed questionnaires, including the Multi-Dimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) and Polysymptomatic Distress (PSD) scale, semiannually, and underwent physical examination and laboratory tests yearly. Results: Of the 156 included RA subjects, 16.7% had FM, while 83.3% did not. In a multivariable linear regression model adjusted for age, sex, race, baseline MDHAQ score, disease duration, rheumatoid factor/cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody seropositivity, disease activity, and psychological distress, RA patients with FM had a 0.14 greater 2-year increase in MDHAQ score than RA patients without FM (P = 0.021). In secondary analyses examining the association between continuous PSD scale score and change in MDHAQ, higher PSD scale scores were significantly associated with greater 2-year increases in MDHAQ score (β coefficient 0.013, P = 0.011). Conclusion: Both the presence of FM and increasing number of FM symptoms predicted worsening of functional status among individuals with RA. Among individuals with RA and FM, the magnitude of the difference in changes in MDHAQ was 4- to 7-fold higher than typical changes in MDHAQ score among individuals with established RA.
AB - Objective: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with fibromyalgia (FM) have higher disease activity, greater medical costs, and worse quality of life compared to RA patients without FM. We determined the impact of FM on 2-year changes in the functional status of RA patients in a prospective study. Methods: Subjects included participants in the Brigham Rheumatoid Arthritis Sequential Study who were enrolled in a substudy of the effects of pain in RA. Subjects completed questionnaires, including the Multi-Dimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) and Polysymptomatic Distress (PSD) scale, semiannually, and underwent physical examination and laboratory tests yearly. Results: Of the 156 included RA subjects, 16.7% had FM, while 83.3% did not. In a multivariable linear regression model adjusted for age, sex, race, baseline MDHAQ score, disease duration, rheumatoid factor/cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody seropositivity, disease activity, and psychological distress, RA patients with FM had a 0.14 greater 2-year increase in MDHAQ score than RA patients without FM (P = 0.021). In secondary analyses examining the association between continuous PSD scale score and change in MDHAQ, higher PSD scale scores were significantly associated with greater 2-year increases in MDHAQ score (β coefficient 0.013, P = 0.011). Conclusion: Both the presence of FM and increasing number of FM symptoms predicted worsening of functional status among individuals with RA. Among individuals with RA and FM, the magnitude of the difference in changes in MDHAQ was 4- to 7-fold higher than typical changes in MDHAQ score among individuals with established RA.
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U2 - 10.1002/acr.23216
DO - 10.1002/acr.23216
M3 - Article
C2 - 28182837
AN - SCOPUS:85030466144
VL - 69
SP - 1871
EP - 1877
JO - Arthritis Care and Research
JF - Arthritis Care and Research
SN - 2151-464X
IS - 12
ER -