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Pain catastrophizing hinders Disease Activity Score 28 - erythrocyte sedimentation rate remission of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with normal C-reactive protein levels.

Tamami YoshidaMotomu HashimotoGo HoriguchiKosaku MurakamiKoichi MurataKohei NishitaniRyu WatanabeWataru YamamotoMasao TanakaAkio MorinobuHiromu ItoShuichi MatsudaRitei Uehara
Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2021)
Pain catastrophizing is a major obstacle to achieving remission in RA patients with normal C-reactive protein levels. Advanced physical disability, smoking habit, and history of falls were associated with pain catastrophizing, in addition to patients' subjective symptoms.
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