Factors that affect the assessment of the quality of life of rheumatoid arthritis patients depending on the prevalence of frailty syndrome.

Ewelina Bąk Agnieszka Młynarska Czesław Marcisz Rafał Bobiński Danuta Sternal Rafal Mlynarski

Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2020)

Frailty syndrome has no significant impact on the assessment of the quality of life of patients with diagnosed RA. The factors that determine quality of life are different in robust patients and in patients with frailty syndrome. The assessment of the quality of life is affected by the degree of an individual's fitness regardless of the occurrence of frailty syndrome.

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