Quality of life profiles in the first years of rheumatoid arthritis: results from the EURIDISS longitudinal study.

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Date publication

avril 2001

Journal

Arthritis and rheumatism

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BRIANCON Serge, Pr GUILLEMIN Francis


Tous les auteurs :
Suurmeijer TP, Waltz M, Moum T, Guillemin F, van Sonderen FL, Briançon S, Sanderman R, van den Heuvel WJ

Résumé

The aim of this study was to examine the quality of life (QoL) profiles of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to relate these to disease and impairment variables as indicated, respectively, by erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and by tender joint count (Ritchie Articular Index), fatigue, and pain.

Mots clés

Adult, Aged, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, blood, Blood Sedimentation, Cluster Analysis, Europe, Fatigue, etiology, Female, Humans, Joints, physiopathology, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, etiology, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index

Référence

Arthritis Rheum.. 2001 Apr;45(2):111-21