| アブストラクト | OBJECTIVES: To describe (1) the representativeness of (a) users of an online health community (HealthUnlocked.com (HU)) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and (b) paid members of an RA patient organisation, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS), compared with the general RA population; and (2) the willingness of HU users with RA to participate in types of research (surveys, use of an app or activity tracker, and trials). METHODS: A pop-up survey was embedded on HU to determine the characteristics of users and their willingness to participate in research. An anonymous data set of NRAS member characteristics was provided by the NRAS (N=2044). To represent the general RA population, characteristics of people with RA were identified from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) (N=20 594). Cross-sectional comparisons were made across the three groups. RESULTS: Compared with CPRD, HU respondents (n=615) were significantly younger (49% aged below 55 years compared with 23% of CPRD patients), significantly more deprived (21% in the most deprived Townsend quintile compared with 12% of CPRD patients) and had more recent disease, with 62% diagnosed between 2010 and 2016 compared with 37% of CPRD patients. NRAS members were more similar to the CPRD, but significantly under-represented those aged 75 years or over and over-represented those aged 55-75 years compared with the CPRD. High proportions of HU users were willing to participate in future research of all types. CONCLUSIONS: NRAS members were broadly representative of the general RA population. HU users were younger, more deprived and more recently diagnosed. HU users were willing to participate in most types of research. |
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| ジャーナル名 | RMD open |
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| Pubmed追加日 | 2018/6/30 |
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| 投稿者 | Costello, Ruth; Jacklin, Clare; Jameson Evans, Matthew; McBeth, John; Dixon, William G |
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| 組織名 | Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Division of Musculoskeletal and;Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of;Manchester, Manchester, UK.;National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, Berkshire, UK.;HealthUnlocked (Everything Unlocked), London, UK.;NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester;University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science;Centre, Manchester, UK.;Health eResearch Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The;University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29955383/ |
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