Treated myasthenia can still cause significant difficulties in everyday life

The international MyRealWorldMG study collects real-life data from adults with autoimmune myasthenia undergoing treatment. Each month, they answer different patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), specific or not to myasthenia: EQ-5D-5L, MG-ADL, MG-QoL-15r…

Preliminary data from the first 834 participants show that:

  • the results of the different PROMs are consistent and show a significant impact of the disease on health-related quality of life, despite treatment;
  • this impact increases with the severity of the disease (MGFA score);
  • the most frequently reported difficulties concern daily activities (shopping, work, etc.), psychological health (anxiety, depression), level of fatigue, breathing and vision.

 

Dewilde S, Philips G, Paci S, Beauchamp J, Chiroli S, Quinn C, Day L, Larkin M, Palace J, Berrih-Aknin S, Claeys KG, Muppidi S, Mantegazza R, Saccà F, Meisel A, Bassez G, Murai H, Janssen MF. Patient-reported burden of myasthenia gravis: baseline results of the international prospective, observational, longitudinal real-world digital study MyRealWorld-MG. BMJ Open. 2023 Jan 31;13(1):e066445. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066445. PMID: 36720569; PMCID: PMC9890761.