Association of positive psychological variables with disease activity, functional disability and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a preliminary study

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease which has shown positive correlations between negative psychological variables and disease activity in transversal studies and in the follow-up. However, the association of positive psychological variables with disease parameters including di...

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Veröffentlicht in:Reumatismo 2023-03, Vol.74 (4)
Hauptverfasser: Meléndez-Monreal, K C, Brambila-Tapia, A J L, González-Díaz, V, Cerpa-Cruz, S, Gutiérrez-Ureña, S R, Yeo-Ayala, M D C, Robles-García, R, Martínez-Bonilla, G E
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Zusammenfassung:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease which has shown positive correlations between negative psychological variables and disease activity in transversal studies and in the follow-up. However, the association of positive psychological variables with disease parameters including disease activity (DAS-28), functional disability (HAQ) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) has not been investigated. Patients with RA attending the external consultation of a third level hospital were invited to participate and fill in a questionnaire with personal, disease and psychological variables; body mass index was also obtained as well as ESR. A total of 49 patients were included. The three dependent variables correlated among them, with the highest correlation for DAS-28 and HAQ (r=0.645, p
ISSN:0048-7449
2240-2683
DOI:10.4081/reumatismo.2022.1507