Rheumatoid arthritis: Review of psychological factors related to etiology, effects, and treatment.

Bradley, Laurence A.; Young, L. D.; McDaniel, Lisa K.; Wise, Christopher M.

doi:10.1037/0033-2909.98.2.358

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“…The narratives of those with a haemoglobinopathy reflect these concerns and young people do find their illness } both limitations and uncertainties } difficult to cope with. To this extent, their experiences are similar to those with other chronic conditions such as severe asthma (Lemanek, 1990), cystic fibrosis (Geiss, Hobbs, HammersleyMaercklein, Kramer, & Henley, 1992), rheumatoid arthritis (Anderson, Bradley, & McDaniel, 1985) and diabetes (Johnson, 1988).…”

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confidence: 72%

Living a ‘normal’ life: young people coping with thalassaemia major or sickle cell disorder

Atkin

Ahmad

2001

Social Science & Medicine

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This qualitative paper explores the strategies and resources young people use to cope with sickle cell disorder or thalassaemia major, two haemoglobin disorders with serious implications for health and survival. By focusing on coping strategies, we explore how young people attempt to take control over their lives. The respondents, largely of South Asian and African Caribbean origin, aged between 10 and 19 years, valued maintaining a 'normal' life and struggled to achieve this normalcy. Strategies were employed to minimise difference from peers but these strategies remained vulnerable. Coping occurred in a dynamic space, involving negotiation and engagement with both personal and structural factors. Threats to normalcy did not always reside in the condition; life transitions, changes in social relationships and racist, disablist or sexist marginalisation also threatened coping strategies. #

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 72%

Living a ‘normal’ life: young people coping with thalassaemia major or sickle cell disorder

Atkin

Ahmad

2001

Social Science & Medicine

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“…In addition, patients with CMCs are more likely than those without CMCs to experience symptoms of depression (Berkman et al 1986 ;Palinkas et al 1990 ;Bowling & Farquhar, 1991 ;Williamson & Schulz, 1992) and anxiety (Viney & Westrbrook, 1981 ;Nickel et al 1990), and are less able to control many aspects of their lives (Pearlin & Schooler, 1978 ; 1065 Roberts et al 1994). Impaired psychological functioning has been found in chronic conditions such as lung disease (Borson et al 1986 ;Williams, 1989), rheumatoid arthritis (Anderson et al 1985 ;Newman et al 1989), cancer (Cassileth et al 1985 ;Ell et al 1989), stroke (Thompson et al 1989 ;Castillo et al 1993) and myocardial infarction (Terry, 1992). As the prevalence of many CMCs increases with age, older adults are potentially at risk for increased psychological distress (Gurland, 1983 ;Berkman et al 1986 ;Copeland et al 1987 ;Newman, 1989 ;Blazer et al 1991 ;Beekman et al 1995 a, b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Chronic medical conditions and mental health in older people: disability and psychosocial resources mediate specific mental health effects

et al. 1997

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Background. This study describes the differences in psychological distress, disability and psychosocial resources between types of major medical conditions and sensory impairments (collectively denoted as CMCs); and tests whether disability and psychosocial resources mediate CMC-specific mental health effects.Methods. Data were obtained from a population-based, cross-sectional survey of 5078 non-institutionalized, late middle-aged and older Dutch persons. The predictors were 16 types of CMCs, including all major chronic medical diseases as well as impairment of hearing, vision, and cognition. The outcomes were assessed in terms of psychological distress as measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Two aspects of disability were measured (namely, physical and role functioning) and also three psychosocial resources (namely, mastery, self-efficacy and social support).Results. Level of psychological distress varied across type of CMC. Hearing impairment, neurological disease, vision impairment, and lung and heart disease had particularly strong associations with distress. The level of distress in patients with hearing impairment was 0·45 standard deviation higher than in those without hearing impairment (adjusted for demographics and all other CMCs). Roughly similar patterns of association were found between type of CMC and disability, and also, but to a lesser extent, mastery and self-efficacy. Stepwise multiple regression revealed that type of CMC accounted for 9%of the variance in distress initially, but this fell to 1% after the variance due to disability, mastery and self-efficacy was taken out. Social support was not a mediator. Disability and psychosocial resources accounted for 13% and 14% of the variance in distress, respectively.Conclusion. These results support the conventional wisdom that it is not the nature of the condition that determines psychological distress, but instead the severity of the disability and loss of psychological resources associated with the condition on the one hand and the psychological characteristics of the patient on the other.

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“…RA can strike people of all ages but mostly becomes manifest between the ages of 20 and 50. Women are more affected than men; the overall ratio is 3:l (Anderson et al, 1985). It is estimated that the prevalence of RA in most white populations approaches 1% among adults aged 18 and older (Schumacher, 1988).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They affect not only physical functioning but also psychological and social aspects (Anderson et al, 1985). Rheumatic diseases have on the one hand behavioral, psychological and social consequences, but on the other hand behavioral, psychological and social variables may be determinants of disease development and of patients' ability to adapt to their condition.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychosocial aspects of rheumatic diseases: Introduction

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Seydel

Rasker

et al. 1993

Patient Education and Counseling

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Rheumatoid arthritis: Review of psychological factors related to etiology, effects, and treatment.

Cited by 316 publications

References 152 publications

Living a ‘normal’ life: young people coping with thalassaemia major or sickle cell disorder

Living a ‘normal’ life: young people coping with thalassaemia major or sickle cell disorder

Chronic medical conditions and mental health in older people: disability and psychosocial resources mediate specific mental health effects

Psychosocial aspects of rheumatic diseases: Introduction

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