Association between disease activity and quality of life among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Autores

  • Romulo Lopes da Costa Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Felício de Freitas Neto Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Diogo von Gaevernitz Lima Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Fabiana Postiglione Mansani Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Marcelo Derbli Schafranski Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Bruno Queiroz Zardo Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Alceu de Oliveira Toledo Júnior Clinical and Toxicological Analysis Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Lorena de Freitas Calixto Medicine Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • José Carlos Rebuglio Vellosa Clinical and Toxicological Analysis Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
  • Elisangela Gueiber Montes Clinical and Toxicological Analysis Department, State University of Ponta Grossa, UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1694-085X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-97902022e20626

Palavras-chave:

Arthritis, Disease activity, Quality of life

Resumo

The aim of this study is the association between the scores of disease activity, functional capacity and quality of life among patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, under clinical treatment at the Regional University Hospital of Campos Gerais - Wallace Thadeu de Mello and Silva. The sample was composed by volunteer patients, who freely underwent 3 research questionnaires. With the results of the survey, the disease activity score was correlated to the functional capacity and the quality-of-life scores. A mean of 3.87 and 1.2 was observed for the disease activity and the functional capacity scores, respectively, yet not achieving a correlation between those two variables. A strong correlation between the disease activity and the “functional capacity”, “general health status” and “mental health” domains was found. The lowest average observed corresponded to “physical limitation”, from the quality-of-life questionnaire. There was no statistically significant correlation between disease activity and functional capacity, although disease activity seems to affect the mental health, general health status and functional capacity of patients.

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2023-02-10

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v. 58 (2022)

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Association between disease activity and quality of life among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (2023). Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 58. https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-97902022e20626

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