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. 2021 May 25;15:1107–1119. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S297170

Table 2.

Study Results of the RCT: Effectiveness of Electronic Monitoring Feedback (EMF) in Standard Care

Intervention Usual Care p-value
Primary study outcome at 12 months
Proportion of adherent patients measured with CQR, n (%) 12 (60.0) 19 (61.3) 0.93
Secondary outcomes at 12 months
Sum scale score for MMAS-8, median (IQR) 7 (6–7) 7 (6–7) 0.27
Sum scale score for necessity beliefs, median (IQR) 18 (17–21) 19 (16–20) 0.76
Sum scale score for concern beliefs, median (IQR) 14 (9–17) 14 (12–17) 0.79
Necessity differential score, median (IQR) 4 (2–7) 3 (2–6) 0.56
Clinical outcomes at 12 months
Time to methotrexate discontinuation (weeks), median (IQR) 15.7 (9.1–33.6) 21.9 (19–28.4) 0.31
Time to TNF-alpha inhibitors (weeks), median (IQR) 17 (9.9–40.9) 11.9 (5.7–22) 0.55
Proportion of patients on TNF-alpha inhibitors, n (%) 11 (23.4) 11 (23.9) 0.95
Standard disability index score measured with HAQ, median (IQR) 0 (0–0.25) 0.125 (0–0.625) 0.25
DAS28-CRP, median (IQR) 1.99 (1.31–2.61) 1.64 (1.24–2) 0.27