Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Foot Involvement
| Autor: | Dainius Juknelis, Amy M. Wickman, Ruth Kadanoff, Michael S. Pinzur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Foot Deformities
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Status Arthritis Disease Arthritis Rheumatoid Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Activities of Daily Living Humans Medicine Disabled Persons Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Health related quality of life Adult patients business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Control subjects Shoes Rheumatoid arthritis Quality of Life Physical therapy Female Surgery business Foot (unit) |
| Zdroj: | Foot & Ankle International. 25:19-26 |
| ISSN: | 1944-7876 1071-1007 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/107110070402500105 |
| Popis: | Hypothesis: Rheumatoid arthritis is a common disabling form of arthritis that frequently affects the hands and feet. With time, the majority of affected individuals will become disabled. Methods: Sixty-nine consecutively selected mild to moderately affected individuals with rheumatoid arthritis provided demographic data and agreed to complete the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SFMA) instrument. Focus group subjects selectively used minimally adaptive nonprescription footwear. Control subjects had similar disease expression, but did not alter their choice of footwear due to their disease. Results: Adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis demonstrate a significant negative impact on their quality of life with mild or moderate disease expression, as evidenced by poor scores in all six domains of the SFMA. Subjects who used even mildly adaptive nonprescription footwear demonstrated a statistically significant negative impact in mobility ( p |
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