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Trial reportDisability and health journal2013

Factors associated with disability in a sample of adults with arthritis.

Meghan Baruth, Sara Wilcox, Danielle E Schoffman, Katie Becofsky

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Disability and health journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meghan BaruthUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. Electronic address: stritesk@mailbox.sc.edu.
Sara Wilcox
Danielle E Schoffman
Katie Becofsky
University of South Carolina · US

Funding

HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS: CENTER PROPOSAL CAT. 1U48DP001936 · DP · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI WILCOX, SARA · 2009 to 2013
$7.3M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS 5-U48-DP-001936NCCDPHP CDC HHS U48 DP001936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArthritis is the most common cause of disability among US adults. Few studies have comprehensively examined factors associated with disability in this population.

objectiveTo investigate the relationship between a number of disease and non-disease related factors and disability in sample of adults with self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis.

methodsParticipants (n = 396) taking part in a randomized controlled trial of arthritis self-management completed a comprehensive survey assessing a number of demographic, arthritis-specific, health-related, behavioral, and psychological variables at baseline. Disability, as measured by the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), was also measured. Hierarchical regression models examined the independent associations between blocks of variables and disability.

resultsDemographic variables (R(2) = 0.13), arthritis-specific demographics (i.e., type, medication use; ΔR(2) = 0.16), physical health-related variables (ΔR(2) = 0.06), arthritis-specific symptoms (ΔR(2) = 0.12), health behaviors (ΔR(2) = 0.00), and psychological variables (ΔR(2) = 0.03) explained 50% of the variance in disability score (R(2) = 0.50). With the exception of health behaviors, the addition of each block of variables significantly improved the model, explaining additional variance in HAQ scores (p < 0.0001). In the final model, older age, less than a high school education, rheumatoid arthritis, greater arthritis duration, taking steroids, taking narcotics, greater pain, greater stiffness, greater depressive symptoms, and lower arthritis self-efficacy were associated with greater disability whereas male gender, fibromyalgia, and excellent/very good health were associated with less disability.

conclusionsA number of disease and non-disease related variables were associated with disability. These findings suggest that disability in adults with arthritis may be a complicated phenomenon; such complexity may make decreasing disability in this population challenging.

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ArthritisDisability EvaluationHealth StatusPersons with DisabilitiesAgedAge FactorsArthritis, RheumatoidDepressionEducational StatusFemaleFibromyalgiaHealth BehaviorHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedArthritisDisabilityHealth assessment questionnaire

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PMID24060261
PMCPMC6204068
OpenAlexW2165474128

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