A cross-sectional study on self-reported physical and mental health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis and the role of illness perception.
Carolin BernerLudwig ErlacherKarl Heinrich FenzlThomas E DornerPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2018)
This study highlights the importance of RA patients' beliefs about their illness and symptoms in relation to HRQoL. Identification of patients' perception of RA may be a way to positively influence disease outcomes such as quality of life as illness perception is amenable to intervention.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- randomized controlled trial
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- risk factors
- depressive symptoms
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- interstitial lung disease
- metabolic syndrome
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- insulin resistance
- ankylosing spondylitis
- systemic sclerosis
- patient reported
- sleep quality
- bioinformatics analysis