BackgroundThe level of adherence to treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is important to achieve control of the disease. In turn, educational strategies in self-care and knowledge of RA help improve adherence and promote knowledge for self-measurement of clinimetry.ObjectivesThe purpose of this work was to evaluate the correlation of the clinimetry measurements made by the doctor (MM) with those made by the patient (PM) in a group of patients with education in their disease and to compare it with another group of patients without specific education, according to the level of adherence.MethodsA cross-sectional study was carried out that included adult patients with RA. Two groups were included, Group A: Patients with educational training in RA (12-14 months, face-to-face and virtual modules developed by an expert health group), Group B: Patients without training. Both groups measured their PM by means of a digital form and after one week they were evaluated (blind MM). Both PM and MM included global VAS, Fatigue, MDHAQ, RAPID 3 and EQ5, additionally the physician evaluated the DAS28, CDAI and the Morisky Green Levine Medication Adherence Scale. Correlations were made using the Pearson coefficient. The project was approved by the ethics committee.ResultsAll the participants were women (Group A: 28, Group B: 63). Group A had a significantly higher proportion of higher than secondary schooling, erosivity, nodularity, polyautoimmunity, anti-CCP positivity, treatment with biologics, older age, and disease duration. The total group had a low level of disease activity (DAS28). A significant correlation (Table 1) was found in all the MM variables with corresponding ones PM, with the highest coefficients in group A (except in MDHAQ). There was a significantly higher proportion of adherent patients in group A (78.5%) than in group B (42.8). When analyzing the correlations in the subgroup of adherent patients, all the coefficients increased (except global VAS), maintaining the same ratio of superiority of correlation coefficients in group A compared to group B.Table 1.Impact of education in patients with RA on clinical outcomes and the level of adherenceTotal groupAdherents onlyMMMMPMGlobal VASFatigueMDHAQRAPID-3EQ5Global VASFatigueMDHAQRAPID-3EQ5Global VASGroup A0,591**0,3390,651**0,706**-0,595**0,459*0,3690,537**0,598**-0,514*Group B0,498**0,255*0,397**0,493**-0,447**0,3250,2360,432*0,345-0,517**FatigueGroup A0,3700,578**0,3630,409*-0,2530,3910,661**0,542**0,469*-0,407Group B0,483**0,457**0,327**0,451**-0,415**0,440*0,510**0,480*0,425*-0,535**MDHAQGroup A0,3300,581**0,660**0,398*-0,525**0,2680,588**0,653**0,364-0,527*Group B0,372**0,330**0,679**0,514**-0,581**0,395*0,399*0,745**0,514**-0,744**RAPID-3Group A0,581**0,477*0,736**0,693**-0,658**0,457*0,518*0,659**0,602**-0,593**Group B0,581**0,370**0,614**0,658**-0,614**0,477*0,3350,631**0,549**-0,705**EQ5Group A-,634**-,575**-0,756**-0,705**0,865**-0,644**-0,665**-0,769**-0,761**0,791**Group B-,440**-,463**-0,593**-0,543**0,662**-0,506**-0,501**-0,728**-0,617**0,742**MM: Medic measures; PM: Patient measures. Group A: Patients with educational training in RA. Group B: Patients without training.**. The correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (bilateral). *. The correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (bilateral).ConclusionMM has a higher correlation with PM in patients with educational training in RA. These correlations are even greater in the group that is adherent to the treatment, persisting higher in the group with training. The results deserve to be replicated in patients with different levels of severity to those studied here.REFERENCES:NIL.Acknowledgements:NIL.Disclosure of InterestsPedro Santos-Moreno Speakers bureau: Abbvie, Abbott, Biopas-UCB, Bristol, Janssen, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Grant/research support from: Abbvie, Abbott, Biopas-UCB, Bristol, Janssen, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, NORALMA PINTO-FLOREZ: None declared, Liliana Realpe: None declared, Fernando Rodriguez: None declared, Gabriel-Santiago Rodríguez-Vargas: None declared, Jaime-Andrés Rubio-Rubio: None declared, Pedro Rodríguez-Linares: None declared, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga: None declared.