Pain and functioning of rheumatoid arthritis patients based on marital status: is a distressed marriage preferable to no marriage?

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Relationships may influence adjustment to chronic pain conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We examined how both marital status and marital adjustment were related to pain, physical disability, and psychological disability in 255 adults with RA. Among married participants (n = 158), better marital adjustment (assessed using the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale) was correlated with less pain and physical and psychological disability (all P values < .05). Married participants were divided into distressed (n = 44) and nondistressed (n = 114) subgroups and compared with unmarried participants (n = 97). Controlling for demographics and disease severity, unmarried participants had higher affective pain (P = .009) and higher psychological disability (P = .02) tha

SUBMITTER: Reese JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2910805 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature