Abstract

The aim of this paper was to present evaluation and synthesis of data derived from a survey of Russian patients and physicians, performed as a part of the international Landmark study for the emerging market countries designed to specify problems and areas of concern in management of patients with chronic Ph-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). The online survey forms were filled by 40 adult patients with Ph(-) MPNs (PV, 42.5%; MF, 37.5%; ET, 20%) and 30 physicians with sufficient experience in the Ph(-) MPNs treatment. As a part of this survey, patients and physicians answered questions related to perception of the disease symptoms and their impact on quality of life, daily activities and work productivity of patients, as well as their attitude to main treatment goals and various aspects of the patient-physician communication. The results revealed a number of differences between patient and physician perception of the disease and treatment, thus complementing the data of the Landmark Survey in other countries. It was shown that the patients with different variants of Ph(-) MPNs encounter sufficient disease-related difficulties in everyday life, impaired quality of life and reduced work productivity. Lack of coincidence revealed between the physician and patient assessment of the disease burden and treatment indicates the need for new ways of improving quality of clinical care provided to this category of patients. Further research in this area would be an important step towards implementation

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