The impact of disease activity, pain, disability and treatments on fatigue in established rheumatoid arthritis

We investigate a range of clinical factors and anti-rheumatic treatments, for their degree of association with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fatigue in 557 patients. A range of clinical measures concerning disability, pain and disease activity together with drug history were recorded as part of routine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical rheumatology 2012-04, Vol.31 (4), p.717-722
Hauptverfasser:	Campbell, Richard Charles John, Batley, Michael, Hammond, Anthony, Ibrahim, Fowzia, Kingsley, Gabrielle, Scott, David L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications Arthritis, Rheumatoid - drug therapy Arthritis, Rheumatoid - physiopathology Brief Report Cross-Sectional Studies Disability Evaluation Disabled Persons Fatigue - complications Fatigue - drug therapy Fatigue - physiopathology Female Humans Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Pain - complications Pain - drug therapy Pain - physiopathology Pain Measurement Rheumatology Severity of Illness Index
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Zusammenfassung:	We investigate a range of clinical factors and anti-rheumatic treatments, for their degree of association with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fatigue in 557 patients. A range of clinical measures concerning disability, pain and disease activity together with drug history were recorded as part of routine clinical visits. Fatigue was measured using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT-F) questionnaire. Spearman's correlation ( p
ISSN:	0770-3198 1434-9949
DOI:	10.1007/s10067-011-1887-y