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 UeharaPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- chronic pain
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- pain management
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- neuropathic pain
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- multiple sclerosis
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- interstitial lung disease
- smoking cessation
- sleep quality
- peritoneal dialysis
- depressive symptoms