Chinese General Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (12): 1506-1512.DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0134

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A Retrospective Cohort Study of Chinese Herbal Medicine Reducing the Risk of Readmission of Rheumatoid Arthritis Complicated with Sjogren's Syndrome

  

  1. 1. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230031, China
    2. Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
  • Received:2023-10-25 Revised:2024-02-20 Published:2025-04-20 Online:2025-02-06
  • Contact: LIU Jian

中草药降低类风湿关节炎合并干燥综合征患者再入院风险的回顾性队列研究

  

  1. 1.230031 安徽省合肥市,安徽中医药大学第一附属医院风湿免疫科
    2.230012 安徽省合肥市,安徽中医药大学
  • 通讯作者: 刘健
  • 作者简介:

    作者贡献:

    陈晓露、刘健参与了研究设计;陈晓露参与数据分析,撰写初稿并修订稿件;刘健负责监督管理项目,并负责手稿的修订。所有作者对最终稿件进行了审核并确认。

  • 基金资助:
    安徽省重点研发计划项目(201904a07020004); 科技部国家重点研发计划项目(2018YFC1705204); 安徽省高校协同创新计划项目(GXXT-2020-025); 安徽省现代中医内科学应用基础与发展实验室(2016080503B041); 2021年安徽省重大疑难杂症中西医结合研究项目合作项目(安徽省中医药发展秘密[2021]70号)

Abstract:

Background

Many patients with rheumatism seek Chinese herbal medicine (CHM). Currently, CHM is effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Sjogren's syndrome (SS), but there are few studies on whether CHM reduces the risk of readmission for rheumatoid arthritis with Sjogren's syndrome (RA+SS) .

Objective

To determine whether CHM can reduce the readmission risk ratio of rheumatoid arthritis with Sjogren's syndrome (RA+SS) .

Methods

a retrospective cohort design was used in this study, and the data were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine hospital information system (HIS) from 2012 to 2021. All subjects were followed up until January 2022. They were divided into RA+SS patients and RA patients according to their disease conditions. RA+SS patients were divided into CHM users and non-CHM users according to drug use. Cox regression model was used to investigate the factors affecting the readmission of patients with RA+SS. Kaplan-Meier (KM) curve was used to compare the readmission ratio between the CHM group and the non-CHM group.

Results

The incidence of liver dysfunction, chronic renal dysfunction, autoimmune hepatitis, the levelof rheumatoid factor (RF), and positive rates of anti-SS-A antibody (SSA) and anti-SS-B antibody (SSB) were higher in the RA+SS group than in the RA group, and the number of recurrent hospitalizations was higher in the RA group (P<0.05). Cox proportional risk model analysis showed that the adjusted HR for readmission risk of RA+SS in CHM patients was lower (0.45) (95%CI=0.28-0.71). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the readmission rate of RA + SS was higher than that of RA group (χ2=56.254, P<0.01). The readmission rate of CHM group was lower than that of non-CHM group (χ2=24.020, P=0.019), and the readmission rate of female patients in CHM group was reduced more significantly (χ2=20.577, P=0.002). The readmission rate of patients over 60 years of age in CHM group was reduced more significantly (χ2=6.583, P=0.006) .

Conclusion

The addition of CHM treatment to RA+SS patients on the basis of conventional treatment can reduce the need for readmission, especially for female patients or patients over 60 years old, and provide theoretical basis for clinical treatment of RA+SS patients.

Key words: Arthritis, rheumatoid, Sjogren's syndrome, Drugs, Chinese herbal, Retrospective cohort study

摘要:

背景

目前中草药(CHM)治疗类风湿关节炎(RA)和干燥综合征(SS)的疗效显著,但是缺少CHM能否降低RA合并SS患者再入院风险的研究。

目的

探讨CHM降低RA合并SS患者再入院风险的效果。

方法

采用回顾性队列设计,选择安徽中医药大学第一附属医院医院信息系统(HIS)中2012-04-19—2021-06-07入院的以RA为第一诊断的患者数据,研究对象均随访至2022年1月。依据患病情况分为RA+SS组和RA组;依据RA+SS组用药情况再分为CHM亚组和非CHM亚组。采用Cox比例风险回归模型探讨RA+SS再入院的影响因素,采用Kaplan-Meier曲线比较CHM亚组与非CHM亚组再入院比例。

结果

RA+SS组肝功能不全、慢性肾功能不全、自身免疫性肝炎发生率,类风湿因子(RF)水平及抗SS-A抗体(SSA)、抗SS-B抗体(SSB)阳性率高于RA组,再发入院人数多于RA组(P<0.05)。Cox比例风险模型分析结果显示CHM亚组患者RA+SS再入院风险的HR较低(0.45,95%CI=0.28~0.71)。Kaplan-Meier生存分析显示RA+SS组再入院率高于RA组(χ2=56.254,P<0.01);CHM亚组再入院率低于非CHM亚组(χ2=24.020,P=0.019),且RA+SS女性患者中CHM亚组患者再入院率低于非CHM组(χ2=20.577,P=0.002);>60岁人群中CHM亚组患者再入院率低于非CHM组(χ2=6.583,P=0.006)。

结论

RA+SS患者在常规治疗的基础上加用CHM治疗可降低再入院率,尤其是针对女性患者或者60岁以上的患者,为临床治疗RA+SS患者提供理论研究依据。

关键词: 关节炎,类风湿, 干燥综合征, 中草药, 回顾性队列研究