AB1340 IMPACT OF THERAPEUTIC PATIENT EDUCATION ON THE SAFETY OF PATIENTS ON BIOTHERAPY FOR CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM

Abstract

Background: Patients treated with biotherapy should be aware of the specific complications. The acquisition of safety skills is one of the objectives of therapeutic patient education programs in chronic inflammatory rheumatism.(1,2,4) Objectives: Evaluation of the impact of the “EST-RIC” therapeutic patient education program on the safety skills of patients on biotherapy for chronic inflammatory rheumatism. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study evaluating the impact of integration into a therapeutic patient education program on the skills of patients treated in a day hospital at the Constantine rheumatology department for chronic inflammatory rheumatism, using the validated “BioSecure” questionnaire (3) Results: Of sixty patients, fifty-two patients (86.6%) completed the questionnaire. Forty-three patients have spondyloarthritis (83%) (Tab1) The median Biosecure score was 62.90/100 (SD 10.83). Fifty-two percent of the patients had integrated the therapeutic education program. Their Biosecure score was significantly higher than that of naive patients with therapeutic education (median score 69/100 in the ETP group versus 58/100, p Conclusion: The integration of patients undergoing biotherapy into a specialized program of therapeutic patient education is correlated with a better mastery of theoretical safety skills.