Physical and Emotional Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study.
Mohammed A OmairAlper ErdoganNicole TietzRieke E AltenPublished in: Open access rheumatology : research and reviews (2020)
Discrepancies between how HCPs perceived the feelings of patients with RA and how patients actually felt suggest that HCP-patient communication could be improved. This is the first study of its kind in Saudi Arabia and should help increase awareness of the difficulties and concerns of patients with RA in the Arabic world.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- end stage renal disease
- physical activity
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- interstitial lung disease
- depressive symptoms
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- case report
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- systemic sclerosis
- patient reported outcomes