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Knowledge and perception of cardiovascular disease risk among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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- Awareness and perceived risk of cardiovascular disease among individuals living with rheumatoid arthritis is low: results of a systematic literature review.Arthritis research & therapy · 2019Pooled it
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- Exercise therapy for improving cardiovascular health in rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology international · 2024Review
- Development and validation of a self-administered questionnaire measuring essential knowledge in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology international · 2022Article
- Low Subjective Cardiovascular Disease Risk Perceptions among Hypertensive Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Integrated blood pressure control · 2022Article
- Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs improve the cardiovascular profile in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Chronic inflammatory diseases, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular diseases: Design, objectives, and baseline characteristics of a prospective case-cohort study ‒ ELSA-Brasil.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Article
- Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Relation to disease activity, oxidative stress, and systemic inflammation.Saudi medical journal · 2021Article
- Knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients before and after educational intervention from a Southeast Asia country: Malaysia.Archives of rheumatology · 2021Article
- Misperception of the Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- Patient Perception of Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis.ACR open rheumatology · 2020Article
- Influence factors of extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2020Article
- Evaluation of factors affecting the levels of physical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.Clinical rheumatology · 2019Article
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Atherosclerosis Imaging and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Using Machine and Deep Learning-Based Tissue Characterization.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2019Review
- Recognition and control of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology international · 2018Article
- Cardiovascular co-morbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a narrative review of risk factors, cardiovascular risk assessment and treatment.BMC rheumatology · 2018Review
- Retinal Vessel Diameters and Physical Activity in Patients With Mild to Moderate Rheumatic Disease Without Cardiovascular Comorbidities.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. The prerequisites for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease are adequate levels of knowledge and being aware of the risk. In this study, the levels of knowledge about cardiovascular disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the perception were evaluated in relation to their actual 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease. This cross-sectional study of 200 patients with rheumatoid arthritis was conducted in a university-affiliated hospital in South Korea. The patients' actual risk of cardiovascular disease was estimated using the Framingham Risk Score. The most common risk factor was physical inactivity, with 77% of the patients not engaging in regular exercise. The patients lacked knowledge about the effects of physical inactivity and anti-inflammatory medication on the development of cardiovascular disease. Misperceptions about the risk of cardiovascular disease were common, i.e., 19.5% of the patients underestimated their risk and 41% overestimated. Hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and smoking were the most prevalent among the patients who underestimated their risk, and these same patients had the lowest level of knowledge about cardiovascular disease. This study demonstrated the rheumatoid arthritis patients' lack of knowledge about the effects of physical inactivity and anti-inflammatory medications on the development of cardiovascular disease, and their misperception of cardiovascular risk was common. As a preventive measure, educational programs about cardiovascular disease should be tailored specifically for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and behavioral interventions, including routine exercise, should be made available at the time of diagnosis.
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