Patient Reported Outcomes in Persistent Rheumatoid Arthritis (PROsPer-RA) Study
PROsPer-RA is a prospective observational study examining patient reported outcomes, such as mental health, fatigue, pain, and function in patients living with rheumatoid arthritis. The study will recruit patients across multiple NHS to determine access to psychoeducational support and examine mechanisms linking mental health, inflammation, and persistent symptoms.
PROsPer-RA marks the third phase of a larger fellowship grant, awarded to Dr Sam Norton and jointly funded by MQ and Versus Arthritis, to examine the relationship between mental health and persistent symptoms in patients living with rheumatoid arthritis. The wider research programme aims to understand why levels of problematic symptoms have remained largely unchanged despite major advantages in the drugs available to treat RA in the last 20 years. Combining analysis from PROsPer-RA and other large rheumatoid arthritis cohorts, novel quantitative methods, including machine learning, are employed to develop prediction models for patients at risk of persistent symptoms irrespective of inflammatory treatment response where non-pharmacological interventions may be helpful.
Find out more about the PROsPer-RA Project
Find out more about the PROsPer-RA Project