Patient Empowerment and Associations with Disease Activity and Pain-Related and Lifestyle Factors in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Ingrid LarssonAnn BremanderMaria L E AnderssonPublished in: ACR open rheumatology (2021)
Patients with low empowerment have more pain-related symptoms, poorer physical function, and are less physically active. To promote patient empowerment in rehabilitation interventions it is important to identify and support self-management.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- chronic pain
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- pain management
- case report
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- neuropathic pain
- physical activity
- ankylosing spondylitis
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- type diabetes
- depressive symptoms
- sleep quality
- postoperative pain