Psychological status is associated with health related quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Nas, Kemal; Sarac, Aysegul; Gur, Ali; Cevik, Remzi; ALTAY, ZÜHAL; ERDAL, Akın; ERSOY, YÜKSEL; Kaya, Arzu; Tekeoglu, Ibrahim; Ugur, Mahir; Durmus, Bekir; Ardicoglu, Ozge; Senel, Kazim; Baysal, Ozlem; Kamanli, Ayhan; Karatay, Saliha; Yildirim, Kadir; Ozgocmen, Salih

doi:10.3233/bmr-2011-0281

Psychological status is associated with health related quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Nas K., Sarac A. J., Gur A., Cevik R., ALTAY Z., ERDAL A., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.95-100, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2011
Doi Numarası: 10.3233/bmr-2011-0281
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.95-100
Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and disabling disease frequently effects physical and psychological well being. The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of psychological status on health related quality of life in patients with RA and also to assess which quality of life (QoL) instrument - disease specific and generic - is more prone to this effect.