Health-related quality of life in Swedish men and women with early rheumatoid arthritis

Gender Medicine
Elisabet West, Solveig Wållberg-Jonsson

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disorder that may adversely affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL) both in established and early disease. In patients with recent onset (<12 months) of RA, this extension of a previous study assessed HRQoL and the effect of disease activity over time. Consecutive patients with recent onset of RA between March 1996 and November 1998 were followed for 6 years at the Department of Rheumatology of the University Hospital of Umeå in Sweden. Patients were requested to complete the 36-item Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey at 0, 24, 48, and 72 months. Gender differences were examined, and correlations between the SF-36 scales (with higher scores indicating better HRQoL) and data reflecting disease activity were analyzed. Fifty-one patients, 34 women and 17 men (mean age, 50.6 years; range, 20-78 years), participated in the study; in all, 41 patients completed the SF-36 at both 0 and 72 months. At inclusion (0 months), women reported significantly higher scores for physical role functioning, bodily pain, and social functioning compared with men (all, P < 0.05). At 72 months compared with 0 months, women reported significantly better mental health (P < 0.05), whereas men re...Continue Reading

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