Young women with chronic disease: A female perspective on the impact and management of rheumatoid arthritis

Harrison, Melanie

doi:10.1002/art.11458

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“…However, in the one study that examined levels of MCP-1, the depressed sample was on average 10 years younger and predominantly female as compared with the present sample of middle-aged males. If confirmed in future research, depression in women might be more broadly associated with increases in markers of endothelial activation and inflammation consistent with their increased risk for inflammatory disorders (56,57).…”

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confidence: 88%

Inflammatory Markers and Sleep Disturbance in Major Depression

Motivala

Sarfatti

Olmos

et al. 2005

Psychosomatic Medicine

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These findings support the hypothesis that sleep disturbance is associated with elevated levels of the inflammatory markers IL-6 and sICAM. This relationship was not accounted for by other confounding factors such as age and body weight. These findings suggest that the elevations in inflammatory markers found in depressive subjects may be partially the result of disturbances of sleep initiation found in this population.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Inflammatory Markers and Sleep Disturbance in Major Depression

Motivala

Sarfatti

Olmos

et al. 2005

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…In the literature, a difference between women and men has been identified according to patients' perception and experience of emotional stimuli [59]. Furthermore, Harrison [60] argues that women with RA seem to experience more pain as well as more disability. The relationship between pain and disability in terms of SOFI-lower limb and HAQ in women was confirmed in this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Multivariate relationships between pain intensity and other aspects of health in rheumatoid arthritis–cross sectional and five year longitudinal analyses (the Swedish TIRA project)

Björk

Gerdle²,

Thyberg³

et al. 2008

Disability and Rehabilitation

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The strongest relationship was found between pain intensity and the second block, consisting of HAQ and SOFI-lower limb at the cross-sectional analyses in both women and men. The block representing disease activity (i.e., ESR, CRP, PGA, and swollen and tender joints) had the weakest relation to pain intensity. According to the longitudinal analyses, the disease activity variables (block 1) at M0 had the strongest relationship to pain intensity at M60 in men. In contrast, HAQ and SOFI-lower limb (block 2) at M0 had a strong relation to pain intensity in women.

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“…The prevalence is about 0.5-0.7% and the incidence 25/100,000 in the adult Swedish population [2,3]. RA affects more women than men and disability is more pronounced in women [1,[4][5][6][7][8]. Current strategies of early diagnosis and instituted Disease Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) decrease the disease activity and reduce disability [9,10].…”

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confidence: 99%