The Association of Illness-related Uncertainty With Mental Health in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) face illness-related uncertainty, but little is known about the psychological profiles and psychosocial and health needs associated with uncertainty among adults with SARDs.

Methods

Patients from the Massachusetts General Hospital with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), and systemic sclerosis (SSc) completed the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale, 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale, 7-item General Anxiety Disorder scale, Sickness Impact Profile, and a survey of psychosocial needs. The associations of uncertainty and self-reported needs with depression, anxiety, and sickness impact were assessed.

Results

One hundred thi

SUBMITTER: Wallace ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9525460 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature