Factors associated with knowledge and safety skills of arthritis patients receiving biologics: A survey of 677 patients.

Objective: We aimed to determine patient and rheumatologist factors associated with the safety skills of patients receiving bDMARDs for inflammatory arthritis.

Methods: Data were obtained from a descriptive observational cross-sectional nationwide survey performed in 2011 in France. Community- and hospital-based rheumatologists were selected at random.

Cross-sectional study of self-care safety skills in 677 patients on biodrugs for inflammatory joint disease.

Rationale: Biodrugs carry specific risks that patients must be aware of and capable of managing. Until now, few studies have addressed the self-care safety skills of patients taking biodrugs. The primary objective of this study was to describe the self-care safety skills of patients taking biodrugs for chronic inflammatory joint disease.

Safety of biologics: elaboration and validation of a questionnaire assessing patients' self-care safety skills: the BioSecure questionnaire. An initiative of the French Rheumatology Society Therapeutic Education section.

Background: Biologics are known to entail specific risks (e.g. infections).