ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2020
Factors that affect the assessment of the quality of life of rheumatoid arthritis patients depending on the prevalence of frailty syndrome.
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- Frailty in people with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of observational studies.Wellcome open research · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of concept mapping-based self-care education on quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a non-randomized quasi-experimental study.BMC research notes · 2026Trial
- Frailty as an indicator of adverse health outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Arthritis research & therapy · 2026Article
- Frailty in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and axial spondyloarthritis: Current evidence and knowledge gaps.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2026Review
- On the edge of dependency: how older adults with rheumatoid arthritis experience living with frailty.EULAR rheumatology open · 2025Article
- The distribution of the frailty index among different arthritis patients and the association between the frailty index and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients among U.S. adults (results from NHANES 1999-2018).Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Observational
- Psychometric Properties of Frailty Instruments in Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review.ACR open rheumatology · 2024Article
- Characteristics Associated with Good Self-Perceived Mental Health among United States Adults with Arthritis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Static Foot Disturbances and the Quality of Life of Older Person with Rheumatoid Arthritis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Pathogenic implications, incidence, and outcomes of COVID-19 in autoimmune inflammatory joint diseases and autoinflammatory disorders.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2021Review
- Association between Malnutrition and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.Nutrients · 2021Observational
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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a large and varied impact on the quality of life as associated with patient health including both physical and mental well-being. The aim of the study was to assess the factors that affect the assessment of the quality of life of RA patients depending on the prevalence of frailty syndrome. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe study involved 106 patients with RA (82 women; mean age 65.83 ± 5.01), who had been hospitalized in the Silesian Centre for Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Disability Prevention in Ustron, Poland. The patients that were included in the study were divided into two groups depending on the incidence of frailty syndrome: Group 1 - robust patients and Group 2 - patients with frailty syndrome.
resultsFrailty syndrome was identified in 34.9% of the patients with recognized/diagnosed RA; in women, it was 36.14% and in men, it was 25.92%. The average TFI value was 4.11 ± 2.05; in the physical domain, it was 3.39 ± 1.66; in the mental domain, it was 0.41 ± 0.55 and in the social domain, it was 0.31 ± 0.48. The robust patients assessed their quality of life associated with sleep as being worse compared to patients with recognized frailty syndrome.
conclusionFrailty syndrome has no significant impact on the assessment of the quality of life of patients with diagnosed RA. The factors that determine quality of life are different in robust patients and in patients with frailty syndrome. The assessment of the quality of life is affected by the degree of an individual's fitness regardless of the occurrence of frailty syndrome.
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