Social Participation and Health Related Quality of Life in Early and Established Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Benka, Jozef; Nagyova, Iveta; Rosenberger, Jaroslav; Macejova, Zelmira; Lazurova, Ivica; Klink, Jac; Groothoff, Johan; Dijk, Jitse
- Source
- Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities. Jun2016, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p381-392. 12p.
- Subject
- *MENTAL depression
*FATIGUE (Physiology)
*HEALTH surveys
*PAIN
*QUALITY of life
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REGRESSION analysis
*RHEUMATOID arthritis
*SOCIAL participation
*FUNCTIONAL assessment
- Language
- ISSN
- 1056-263X
The article presents a study which explores the association between social participation and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in early and established group of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The study used stepwise regression models to explore the associations between the social participation restrictions. Results show the importance of social participation when it comes to health related quality of life (HRQoL) in RA.