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ReviewCureus2025

Transforming Rheumatoid Arthritis Care: A Scoping Review of the Role of Digital Health.

Robin Sia, Ee Lynn Ting, Alexander Kwan, Mueed Mian

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Robin SiaInternal Medicine, Rheumatology, Northern Hospital, Epping, AUS.
Ee Lynn TingRheumatology, Northern Hospital, Epping, AUS.
Alexander KwanRheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, AUS.
Mueed MianRheumatology, Northern Hospital, Epping, AUS.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review explored the role of digital health in managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), assessing interventions such as telemedicine, mobile apps, artificial intelligence, and electronic health records. A search of PubMed and the Cochrane Library yielded 976 articles, of which 10 met the inclusion criteria (six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and four systematic reviews). Half of the RCTs showed improved outcomes, while the others found no significant benefit, and the systematic reviews highlighted substantial heterogeneity across interventions. Overall, digital health shows promise in RA care, but the mixed evidence underscores the need for larger, methodologically robust studies to clarify its effectiveness and guide integration into clinical practice.

Indexed as

digital appdigital applicationdigital healthdigital health technologymobile health technologypatient engagementrheumatoid arthritisrheumatology

Identifiers

PMID41209979
PMCPMC12589145

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