Table 4.
Associations between physician-reported satisfaction and NNSLE and LN cohort characteristics
| Characteristic | Patients with NNSLE
|
P-value | Patients with LN
|
P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfied n=132 | Not satisfied(best achieved)a n=15 | Not satisfied (could be better)b =21 | Satisfied n=152 | Not satisfied(best achieved)a n=36 | Not satisfied (could be better)b n=18 | |||
| Mean (SD) age, years | 44.0 (15.4) | 43.5 (11.7) | 40.5 (14.3) | 0.608 | 39.3 (13.5) | 41.7 (10.6) | 35.2 (13.2) | 0.237 |
| Females, % | 94.7 | 100 | 95.2 | 0.659 | 91.4 | 86.1 | 72.2 | 0.044 |
| Mean (SD) time since diagnosis, years | 6.3 (7.5) | 5.7 (5.3) | 3.9 (4.0) | 0.354 | 5.4 (6.4) | 6.1 (5.9) | 6.8 (8.1) | 0.603 |
| Current physician-reportedlupus severity, % | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Mild | 87.9 | 26.7 | 28.6 | 58.6 | 33.3 | 5.6 | ||
| Moderate | 10.6 | 60.0 | 57.1 | 35.5 | 52.8 | 50.0 | ||
| Severe | 1.5 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 5.9 | 13.9 | 44.4 | ||
| Current patient-reported lupus severity, % | 0.002 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Mild | 74.2 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 59.8 | 42.9 | 8.3 | ||
| Moderate | 23.7 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 37.9 | 42.9 | 41.7 | ||
| Severe | 2.2 | 0 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 50.0 | ||
| Currently in physician- reported remission, % | 68.5 | 26.7 | 0 | <0.001 | 69.3 | 45.7 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| Currently in disease flare, % | ||||||||
| Physician-reported | 6.1 | 33.3 | 33.3 | <0.001 | 5.3 | 11.4 | 44.4 | <0.001 |
| Patient-reported | 9.0 | 80.0 | 41.7 | <0.001 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 41.7 | <0.001 |
Notes:
a
Not satisfied, but I believe this is the best that can be realistically achieved,
b
Not satisfied, and I believe better control can be achieved. Bold indicates that the P-value is statistically significant.
Abbreviations: LN, lupus nephritis; NNSLE, non-nephritis systemic lupus erythematosus; SD, standard deviation.