The development of emotional distress in 158 patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective 5‐year follow‐up study
| Autor: | K Nived, Kerstin Eberhardt, L O Persson, Britt-Marie Larsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale Health Status Immunology Arthritis Blood Sedimentation Severity of Illness Index Arthritis Rheumatoid Disability Evaluation Rheumatology Predictive Value of Tests Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine Epidemiology Severity of illness Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine Affective Symptoms Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Pain Measurement Sweden medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Distress Early Diagnosis Rheumatoid arthritis Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Physical therapy Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. 34:191-197 |
| ISSN: | 1502-7732 0300-9742 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03009740510017698 |
| Popis: | To describe the development of emotional distress among patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to explore for early predictors of elevated distress over time.The study group consisted of 158 early RA patients (64% females) with mean age of 51.4 (SD = 12.7) years at disease onset. The patients were evaluated once a year for up to at least 4 years after baseline. Emotional distress was measured with the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90), disability with the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), pain with a visual analogue scale (VAS), and disease activity by an active joint count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Questions concerning social support were also included.Emotional distress decreased slowly for a majority of the patients. The change reached statistical significance in the third year from study start. A minority (12%) showed continuously high and increasing levels of distress. Measures of disease activity were poor predictors of distress. The best predictor of distress over time was distress at baseline. Other predictors were gender, age, civil status, and social support.Emotional distress tended to decrease for most patients in this cohort, but a minority showed continuously high levels. Patients at higher risk of developing emotional distress over time had higher levels of distress at baseline, were younger, more often female, and cohabiting, and experienced less social support. |
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