Influence of Social Support, Financial Status, and Lifestyle on the Disparity Between Inflammation and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how social support, financial status, and lifestyle influence the development of excess disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

Data were obtained from the Étude et Suivi des Polyarthrites Indifférenciées Récentes (ESPOIR) cohort study of people with RA. A previous analysis identified groups with similar inflammation trajectories but markedly different disability over 10 years; those in the higher disability trajectory groups were defined as having "excess disability." Self-reported data regarding contextual factors (social support, financial situation, lifestyle) were obtained from participants, and they completed patient-reported outcome measures (pain, fatigue, anxiety, depression) at baseline. The direct effect of the contextual factors

SUBMITTER: Gwinnutt JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952173 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature