Association of Disease Activity and Disability With Rehabilitation Utilization in African American Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association of disease activity and disability with rehabilitation utilization in African American adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

We analyzed cross-sectional baseline data from the Consortium for the Longitudinal Evaluation of African Americans with RA (CLEAR) I and CLEAR II registry. Disease activity was quantified with the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints using the C-reactive protein level. Disability was measured with the Health Assessment Questionnaire. Rehabilitation utilization was determined by self-reported recall of physical therapy or occupational therapy visits in the prior 6 months or ever. We examined the association of disease activity and disability with rehabilitation utilization using separate binary logistic regre

SUBMITTER: Thoma LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature