Subjective health expectations of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and rheumatologists remain understudied. We …

Chronic diseases such as arthritis and related conditions have no `cure', and thus require ongoing management. The long … arthritis use a variety of strategies to relieve symptoms or manage disease consequences. This review identifies and discusses 6 … different domains of arthritis self-management behaviors: 1. medical management; 2. joint protection strategies; 3. physical …

In-depth personal interviews were conducted with 29 men and women with severe arthritis of the hip or knee. All … severe arthritis and their views of treatment options. We present a multi-level model of the social-interactional and social …-structural features of lives in which the experience of arthritis and responses to it are contextualized. Interviews reveal a complex set …

A large epidemiological survey evaluating the extent of arthritis in the population aged 55+ uncovered a discrepancy … paper is focused on how the quality of the marital relationship influences the everyday functioning of arthritis sufferers …

conditions (arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, and migraine) that potentially impact …

analysis. The morbidities included in the analysis are Hypertension, Diabetes, Angina, Stroke, Arthritis and Depression … morbidities such as Hypertension, Angina, Diabetes and Arthritis in all the four countries. In comparison, overweight/obesity was … Hypertension, Angina, Diabetes and Arthritis. …