Activity-induced pain in rheumatoid arthritis functional class II and its relations with demographic, medical, functional, psychosocial, and work variables. Result of a survey in Bollnäs Medical District, Sweden, II
| Autor: | Rolf Nordemar, Bengt Lindell, Peter Swanberg, Christina H. Stenström, Karin Harms-Ringdahl |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Employment Male medicine.medical_specialty Immunology Pain Arthritis Rheumatoid Grip strength Work status Rheumatology Surveys and Questionnaires Activities of Daily Living Deformity medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Pharmacology (medical) Sweden Joint destruction business.industry Mean age Middle Aged medicine.disease Rheumatoid arthritis Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom business Psychosocial Rheumatism |
| Zdroj: | Arthritis care and research : the official journal of the Arthritis Health Professions Association. 5(1) |
| ISSN: | 0893-7524 |
| Popis: | One aim of this study was to describe inflammatory activity, joint destruction, work status, and demographic factors in a group of 69 American Rheumatism Association functional class-II rheumatoid arthritis patients: 56 women and 13 men, mean age 54 years (SD 11), mean symptom duration 14 years (SD 11). Another aim was to determine correlations between activity-induced pain and other variables. Patients were assessed with Ritchie's articular index, Larsen's radiologic index, and laboratory tests. Deformity in hands and knee joints, and grip strength, were determined. Results from earlier investigations of functional impairment and psychosocial capacity were also used. Of the patients, 4% had high inflammatory activity. Joint erosions were found in between 4% (knee joints) and 55% (wrists) of the joints examined. Of the patients aged less than 65, 43% were working. Activity-induced pain was related with work status (p = 0.0002). It also correlated significantly (p less than or equal to 0.01) with inflammatory activity (r(s) = 0.34), but not with joint destruction (r(s) = 0.21). |
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