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SynthesisApplied clinical informatics2025

Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Safety of Telemedicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Meta-analysis.

Haiyang Kou, Bo Chen

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Haiyang KouCollege of Acumox and Tuina, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Gui Yang, Guizhou, China.
Bo ChenCollege of Acumox and Tuina, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Gui Yang, Guizhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to systematically evaluate the effectiveness and safety of telemedicine in improving the corresponding indicators in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Computer searches of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were conducted to collect journal articles on randomized controlled trials and clinical trials of telemedicine interventions for RA. A meta-analysis was performed using the risk-of-bias assessment tool Reedman 5.4 software from the Cochrane Handbook.The systematic assessment includes 17 studies totaling 2,324 patients, with a middling level of quality across the included research. The findings of this study demonstrated that individuals with RA had better treatment efficiency in C-reactive protein than those in the control group (mean difference [MD] = - 21.17, 95% confidence interval [CI] = - 49.57 to 7.23;

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Arthritis, RheumatoidTelemedicineHumansQuality of LifeTreatment Outcome

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PMID40701779
PMCPMC12286711

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