Patterns of coping in rheumatoid arthritis

Coping with arthritis: Current status and critique

“…Study results have been less consistent regarding the role of behavioral coping and cognitive restructuring strategies. In some studies (14,18), active strategies such as information seeking and "active coping" have been associated with a better outcome, while in other studies (13,26), the associations were not significant. Attempts to reinterpret pain sensations or to engage in coping self-statements (which is included in the Coping Attempts subscale of the CSQ) have not been associated with psychological distress in studies of chronic pain (21); however, cognitive restructuring has been associated with lower psychological distress in studies using the wac questionnaire (14).…”

“…They found that arthritis patients who used the greatest number of different coping strategies had higher scores on tests of psychological well-being. Newman and coworkers used a coping questionnaire to evaluate patterns of use of different coping strategies in arthritis patients (26). Several distinctive patterns of coping were identified.…”

Psychosocial predictors of long-term success of in-patient pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with COPD

“…In this context, coping may be defined as cognitive, behavioural or emotional responses to circumstances that the individual perceives as stressful [14][15][16]. In COPD, coping strategies have been shown to influence patient-assessed QOL in the short-term [7], and more enduring effects of coping style have been demonstrated in other chronic illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis [17][18][19].…”

Psychological adjustment to systemic sclerosis

“…Estimates of the most common age at onset range hom 25-50 to 45-64 (1-3), with women approximately 4 times more likely than men to be affected. However, despite the number of people affected, the unknown cause, significant physical disability, uncertain course, lack of cure, and negative prognosis associated with SSc, this disease has received very little attention from mental health researchers, far less than that given to other rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). While research on other rheumatic diseases is likely to be pertinent to understanding psychological adjustment to scleroderma, specific research on individuals with SSc is needed to determine whether results of studies on other chronic diseases also apply to this population, or whether there are aspects of the adjustment process that are unique to SSc.…”

“…The prevalence of SSc in the United States is estimated to be approximately 300,000, with incidence rates estimated at [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] per million per year (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Incidence is believed to have increased over the past 3 decades (2).…”