Survey: Patient-Doctor Relationship Can Positively Affect RA Management

The HSS also offers an Early RA Support and Education Program. This free four-part session is available to people recently diagnosed with RA or early RA. Following the weekly lecture on essential information about RA and its treatment, a social worker and rheumatology nurse facilitate discussion among participants.

Linda Childers is a health writer located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“To complement the patient survey, we recently sent a corresponding survey to physicians,” Dr. Dikranian says. “We expect to have the results in around the end of 2015.”

For more information on the RA NarRAtive survey, and to download resources, visit Pfizer.com/RANarRAtive.

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