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Abbasi-Perez A, Alvarez-Mon MA, Donat-Vargas C, Ortega MA, Monserrat J, Perez-Gomez A, Alvarez-Mon M. Using Twitter Data Analysis to Understand the Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Pharmacotherapy Used in Rheumatology: An Observational Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11111526. [PMID: 37297665 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11111526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Twitter has become an important platform for disseminating information about rheumatology drugs by patients, health professionals, institutions, and other users. The aim of this study was to analyze tweets related to 16 drugs used in rheumatology, including their volume, content, and type of user (patients, patients' relatives, health professionals, health institutions, pharmaceutical industry, general press, scientific journals and patients' associations), and to detect inappropriate medical content. A total of 8829 original tweets were obtained, with a random sample of 25% of the total number of tweets for each drug (at least 100 tweets) analyzed. Methotrexate (MTX) accounted for a quarter of all tweets, and there were significant differences in the proportion of tweets issued according to the type of user. Patients and their relatives mainly tweeted about MTX, while professionals, institutions, and patient associations posted more about TNF inhibitors. In contrast, the pharmaceutical industry focused on IL-17 inhibitors. Medical content prevailed in all drugs except anti-CD20 and IL-1 inhibitors and the most discussed medical topic was efficacy, followed by posology and adverse effects. Inappropriate or fake content was found to be very low. In conclusion, the majority of the tweets were about MTX, which is a first-line treatment for several diseases. The distribution of medical content varied according to the type of user. In contrast to other studies, the amount of medically inappropriate content was very low.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adrian Abbasi-Perez
- Service of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias", 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Institute Ramon y Cajal for Health Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- IMDEA-Food Institute, Campus of International Excellence, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Institute Ramon y Cajal for Health Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Institute Ramon y Cajal for Health Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Service of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias", 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
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- Service of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias", 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, 28805 Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Institute Ramon y Cajal for Health Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Carotti M. Adherence to subcutaneous anti-TNFα agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is largely influenced by pain and skin sensations at the injection site. Int J Rheum Dis 2020; 23:480-487. [PMID: 32124567 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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AIM The aims of this prospective study were to determine the dimension of adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients receiving subcutaneously administered anti-tumor necrosis factor-α (anti-TNFα) agents and to evaluate the influence of injection site pain and skin perceptions following subcutaneous administration of anti-TNFα drugs on patients' adherence. METHOD An inception cohort of patients starting subcutaneously administered anti-TNFα treatment was enrolled. Injection site pain perception was assessed through the Self-Injection Assessment Pain Questionnaire (SIAPQ), and adherence to treatment was ascertained by the Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR5). Associations between beliefs and non-adherence, and the influence of demographic (age, disease duration, educational level), clinical (body mass index, patient global assessment, physician global assessment, Numerical Rating Scale of pain, Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index, Simplified Disease Activity Index, and comorbidities measured by the modified Rheumatic Disease Comorbidty Index), and radiographic (Simple Erosion Narrowing Score) variables were assessed using logistic regression models. RESULTS Adherence data over a 12-month interval were available for 193 patients. Of these, 21.7% reported non-adherence to anti-TNFα therapy. No difference (P = .383) was found for anti-TNFα drugs (adalimumab, etanercept, certolizumab pegol and golimumab). In the logistic model, age (P = .0029), higher disease activity (P = .020), low numbers of comorbidity conditions (P = .0004), injection site pain and skin perception (P = .0008), were significantly associated with increased likelihood of medication adherence. CONCLUSION Adherence is influenced by both demographic characteristics (age) and clinical factors (disease activity, comorbidity burden and injection site pain and skin perception) in RA patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fausto Salaffi
- Rheumatological Clinic, Ospedale "Carlo Urbani", Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi (Ancona), Italy
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- Rheumatological Clinic, Ospedale "Carlo Urbani", Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi (Ancona), Italy
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- Rheumatological Clinic, Ospedale "Carlo Urbani", Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi (Ancona), Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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