Social support and psychological distress in rheumatoid arthritis: a 4-year prospective study.

Abstract

The study stresses the importance of initial psychological distress, which was found to have the highest correlation with psychological distress experienced 4 years later.

In addition, higher emotional support and lower pain were found to be the only variables independently associated with lower levels of psychological distress after controlling for the relevant variables.

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Subjects

• Activities of Daily Living
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Aged
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Humans
• Interviews as Topic
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pain
• Prospective Studies
• Questionnaires
• Regression Analysis
• Self Report
• Sex Factors
• Slovakia
• Social Support
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Stress, Psychological
• Young Adult

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Authors

• Jozef Benka
• Iveta Nagyova
• Jaroslav Rosenberger
• Anna Calfova
• Zelmira Macejova
• Berrie Middel
• Ivica Lazurova
• Jitse P van Dijk
• Johan W Groothoff

Publication date

2012-03-19

Journal

Journal topics

• Disabled Persons
• Rehabilitation

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Disability and rehabilitation

Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, PJ Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak Republic. jozef.benka [at] upjs.sk

Release reference

Disabil Rehabil. 2012 ;34(9):754-61

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