Psychosocial Burden Predicts Sustained Remission in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Unraveling the Complex Interplay of Well-Being and Disease Activity.
Michaël DoumenDiederik De CockSofia PazminoDelphine BertrandJohan JolyRené WesthovensPatrick VerschuerenPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2021)
Suboptimal psychosocial well-being and negative illness perceptions predicted lower probability of sustained remission in an early RA cohort. Illness perceptions appeared to become more clinically relevant with time. Finally, 1 in 5 patients showed worse psychosocial outcomes despite early remission, and these patients tended to lose remission earlier.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- healthcare
- mental health
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- metabolic syndrome
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- systemic sclerosis
- ulcerative colitis
- interstitial lung disease
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis