Association between laughter, frailty, and depression in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Mochihito SuzukiToshihisa KojimaKenya TerabeYoshifumi OhashiRyo SatoHironobu KosugiyamaJunya HasegawaYusuke OhnoKaoru NagaiChinami OhnishiHideshi SugiuraHitomi FujitaMako NagayoshiMasayo KojimaShuji AsaiShiro Imagama

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2024)

Frailty and depression were associated with laughter in RA patients with controlled disease activity. Interventions aimed at not only disease activity control but also frailty prevention may lead to a life filled with laughter.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis patients
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
ankylosing spondylitis
community dwelling
depressive symptoms
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
sleep quality
physical activity
interstitial lung disease
systemic sclerosis