Patients’ perspectives of rheumatoid arthritis treatment: a questionnaire survey for the 2020 update of the Japan college of rheumatology clinical practice guidelines

This study aimed to evaluate patients' opinions regarding their rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapy and to reflect the patients' perspectives in the 2020 update of the Japan College of Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines.A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 1600 members of the Japan Rheumatology Friendship Association, who were randomly selected by age and prefecture.A total of 1156 patients returned the questionnaire (response...