Table 5: Patients’ approach to injections, needles, and self-injection by previous treatment (Full Analysis Set).
| - |
- |
Naïve to bDMARDs |
Switch from another pen to SB4 pen |
Switch from syringe to SB4 pen |
Other bDMARD therapy |
Total |
| Statement |
Response |
(N=331) |
(N=93) |
(N=59) |
(N=9) |
(N=492) |
| Injections make me generally nervous |
Missing |
7 (-) |
1 (-) |
.. |
.. |
8 (-) |
| ‘strongly disagree’ |
90 (28%) |
35 (38%) |
18 (31%) |
5 (56%) |
148 (31%) |
| ‘disagree’ |
61 (19%) |
17 (18%) |
14 (24%) |
1 (11%) |
93 (19%) |
| ‘neutral’ |
96 (30%) |
24 (26%) |
18 (31%) |
2 (22%) |
140 (29%) |
| ‘agree’ |
49 (15%) |
16 (17%) |
5 (8%) |
1 (11%) |
71 (15%) |
| ‘strongly agree’ |
28 (9%) |
.. |
4 (7%) |
.. |
32 (7%) |
| Needles make me generally nervous |
Missing |
7 (-) |
1 (-) |
1 (-) |
.. |
9 (-) |
| ‘strongly disagree’ |
94 (29%) |
29 (32%) |
21 (36%) |
4 (44%) |
148 (31%) |
| ‘disagree’ |
67 (21%) |
17 (18%) |
15 (26%) |
1 (11%) |
100 (21%) |
| ‘neutral’ |
92 (28%) |
24 (26%) |
13 (22%) |
2 (22%) |
131 (27%) |
| ‘agree’ |
46 (14%) |
19 (21%) |
5 (9%) |
2 (22%) |
72 (15%) |
| ‘strongly agree’ |
25 (8%) |
3 (3%) |
4 (7%) |
.. |
32 (7%) |
| To inject myself is unpleasant |
Missing |
8 (-) |
1 (-) |
2 (-) |
.. |
11 (-) |
| ‘strongly disagree’ |
82 (25%) |
33 (36%) |
18 (32%) |
3 (33%) |
136 (28%) |
| ‘disagree’ |
64 (20%) |
17 (18%) |
12 (21%) |
2 (22%) |
95 (20%) |
| ‘neutral’ |
94 (29%) |
27 (29%) |
12 (21%) |
1 (11%) |
134 (28%) |
| ‘agree’ |
56 (17%) |
12 (13%) |
9 (16%) |
3 (33%) |
80 (17%) |
| ‘strongly agree’ |
27 (8%) |
3 (3%) |
6 (11%) |
.. |
36 (7%) |
bDMARD = Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug.