AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITY AND DISEASE-ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 15 (6) , 926-931
Abstract
The hypothesis that the duration and activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) determine a patient''s psychological state and adjustment was tested with a longitudinal research design using quantitative measures. A group of 30 patients with RA was examined on 2 occasions, 3 years apart. There were few significant relationships between duration of illness, disease severity and the psychological measures. A strong correlation occurred between disability and attitude to illness. Our data suggest that a patient''s psychological state needs to be assessed as a variable, independent of physical impairment.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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