Medical, physical and psychological status related to early rheumatoid arthritis
| Autor: | Robbert Sanderman, M. H. Van Rijswijk, T Suurmeijer, Boudien Krol, M Vanleeuwen, D. Doeglas |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Groningen, Health Psychology Research (HPR) |
| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS GENERAL HEALTH Cross-sectional study DISEASE DURATION Health Status Disease Arthritis Rheumatoid Cohort Studies Sex Factors Rheumatology Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine Activities of Daily Living Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Age of Onset Aged Netherlands Analysis of Variance business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Rheumatoid arthritis Physical Endurance Quality of Life Physical therapy Female Age of onset business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Rheumatology, 14(2), 143-150 |
| ISSN: | 1434-9949 0770-3198 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02214933 |
| Popis: | As part of an international European research project, a longitudinal study was started by the end of 1990 in the northern part of The Netherlands. The study concentrated on recently diagnosed RA patients (N = 292), i.e., incident cases up to four years. According to the duration of the disease, five groups of patients had been formed. The early influence of rheumatoid arthritis on medical parameters, on functional status, on physical condition and on psychological well-being was evaluated. From the results, an overall statistically significant pattern related to the duration of the disease could not be distinguished. However, patients recently diagnosed did face activity restrictions, a decline in physical condition and social functioning. On medical parameters this deterioration is less profound. Furthermore, across and within the five patient groups, it seems that males and females respond differently to the influence of early RA. Based on cross-sectional data from the five onset cohorts, the present findings do not significantly suggest a steady worsening in medical, physical and psychological condition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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