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Received: 5 October 2017

Accepted: 17 October 2018

First Online: 9 November 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The surveys were non-interventional and were not conducted as a clinical study. All respondents agreed to participate but ethics approval was not required.

: Not applicable.

: AG is a shareholder of AbbVie, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, J&J, and Pfizer Inc.; a consultant for AbbVie, Antares, Celgene, Horizon, Iroko, Medac, Novartis, Pfizer Inc., Relburn, and Samumed; and a member of the speakers’ bureaux for AbbVie, Amgen, Celgene, and Pfizer Inc. AD is a consultant and member of the speakers’ bureaux for AbbVie and Pfizer Inc. JG is a consultant for Pfizer Inc. JK has no disclosures. CZ has received grants/research support from Amgen, Celltrion, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer Inc., and Sanofi; and is a consultant for Eli Lilly, Pfizer Inc., and Sanofi. MdlV is a consultant for AbbVie and Pfizer Inc.; and has received speaker fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb. GL is a consultant for AbbVie and Pfizer Inc. EYL has no disclosures. CC has received speaker and consulting fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Angellini, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Egis, MSD, Pfizer Inc., Richter, Roche, Sanofi, Servier, Teva, UCB, and Zentiva. CK is an employee and shareholder of Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE); and has received grants/research support from Arthritis Research Canada, St. Paul’s Hospital, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. KS was an employee of Harris Poll, a division of Nielsen at the time the research was conducted, which received funding to conduct research on behalf of the RA NarRAtive initiative. AM, EB, and DPdL are employees and shareholders of Pfizer Inc.

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