ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2016
Upswings in Cheerful Mood and Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Article in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The effect of flaxseed with or without anti-inflammatory diet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Poor control of interference from negative content hampers the effectiveness of humour as a source of positive emotional experiences.Scientific reports · 2019Observational
- Assessing the Temperamental Basis of the Sense of Humor: Adaptation of the English Language Version of the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory Long and Standard Form.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Trait Cheerfulness Does Not Influence Switching Costs But Modulates Preparation and Repetition Effects in a Task-Switching Paradigm.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThe influence of a cheerful mood on disease activity levels in rheumatoid arthritis is investigated in this cross-sectional study.
methodState cheerfulness (i.e., how individuals feel at the time of the assessment) and trait cheerfulness (i.e., how individuals usually feel) were assessed at the same time as the clinical indicators of disease activity and just before measuring patient-reported disease activity with the Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS-28).
resultsState cheerfulness contributed significantly to the variance in the DAS-28 scores that was not accounted for by trait cheerfulness or demographic or clinical variables. Higher state cheerfulness was associated with lower values of self-reported disease activity and C-reactive protein. The patient-reported disease activity was not uniquely caused by the clinical indicators of disease, but it also depended on patients' cheerful mood at the moment of assessment.
conclusionThe findings suggest interesting possibilities for the diagnosis and monitoring of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.
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