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The Role of Predictive Anxiety, Depression, Cognitive Function, and Confidence in Balance for Participation, Level of Disability, and Duration of Physical Activity in Community‐Dwelling Elderly Individuals

Advances in Public Health, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background and Objective: Aging can be described as a gradual decline in physical and mental abilities, accompanied by an increased susceptibility to illnesses and disabilities. This global phenomenon is escalating rapidly. Accurate prediction of future consequences based on identified factors is crucial for clinicians and researchers, particularly in ...
Mohammad-Reza Kosarimoghadam, Amin Ghaffari, Laleh Lajevardi, Ghorban Taghizadeh, Akram Azad, Yibo Wu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-assessment tool of disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis by using a smartphone application. [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: The disease activities of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tend to fluctuate between visits to doctors, and a self-assessment tool can help patients accommodate to their current status at home.
Nishiguchi, Shu, Ito, Hiromu, Ito, Tatsuaki, Shinohara, Akio, Yamada, Minoru, Ura, Tetsuya, Okamoto, Kazuya, Aoyama, Tomoki, Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, Furu, Moritoshi   +9 more
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Comparative Effectiveness and Persistence of SB4 and Reference Etanercept in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis in Norway

Arthritis Care &Research, Volume 76, Issue 9, Page 1303-1312, September 2024.
Objective We aim to compare drug effectiveness and persistence between the reference etanercept (ETN) and ETN biosimilar SB4 in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) naive to ETN and to investigate drug effectiveness and persistence in those undergoing a mandatory nonmedical switch from ETN to SB4. Methods We used a retrospective comparative database
Katarzyna Łosińska, Are Hugo Pripp, Gunnstein Bakland, Bjørg‐Tilde Svanes Fevang, Lene Kristin Brekke, Ada Wierød, Mariusz Korkosz, Glenn Haugeberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with increase of Hb levels after biologic therapies.

, 2014
Association between the increase of Hb levels and characteristics of the patients were assessed by Spearman's rank test. Clinical response to biologic therapies was assessed by the reduction of CDAI, CRP, or mHAQ from baseline to week 12, (ΔCDAI  =  CDAI
Masato Mori (112203), Wataru Yamamoto (570228), Masahide Hamaguchi (342302), Moritoshi Furu (105348), Chikashi Terao (137128), Hiromu Ito (164599), Takao Fujii (199007), Tsuneyo Mimori (114039), Keiichi Yamamoto (17279), Koichiro Ohmura (137137), Takashi Matsuo (189062), Hiroshi Kawabata (570229), Motomu Hashimoto (388292)   +12 more
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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Patient–Clinician Discordance Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating Advanced Therapy

ACR Open Rheumatology, Volume 6, Issue 5, Page 253-264, May 2024.
Objective To describe and identify associated factors for patient–clinician discordance of disease assessment at biologic or Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) initiation and over 12 months following initiation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from a US RA registry. Methods Analyses included CorEvitas RA Registry patients who initiated their first
Jeffrey R. Curtis, Robert R. McLean, I‐Heng Lee, Rachel H. Mackey, Page C. Moore, Richard Haubrich, Jeffrey D. Greenberg, Alicea Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disease Activity, Knee Function, and Walking Ability in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis 10 Years after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014
Purpose. To evaluate disease activity, knee function, and walking ability of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over 10 years after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods.
Masataka Nishikawa, Hajime Owaki, Koichiro Takahi, Takeshi Fuji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial and clinical impact of COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship to the quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study, Egypt

Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2022
Background Data have been pouring on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with chronic diseases. This study aimed to address the relationship between the perceived fears of COVID-19 virus (FCV), psychological status, and quality of life (QoL ...
Mervat S. Hassan, Dalia I. Mostafa, Enas I. Abdelhady, Shymaa A. Sarhan, Mohamed Abdelghani, Dina A. Seleem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Effectiveness of Abatacept vs. Tofacitinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients who are CCP+

Rheumatology and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Currently there is limited data to drive clinical decision making regarding  the choice of biologic/targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD); thus, head-to-head comparisons are needed to help guide prescribing.
Leslie R. Harrold, Keith Wittstock, Sheila Kelly, Xue Han, Ying Shan, Lin Guo, Page C. Moore, Vadim Khaychuk   +7 more
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The Impact of Occupational Therapy on the Self‐Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review

ACR Open Rheumatology, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 214-249, April 2024.
Objective To determine the impact of occupational therapy (OT) on the self‐management of function, pain, fatigue, and lived experience for people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Five databases and gray literature were searched up to June 30, 2022.
James P. Gavin, Laura Rossiter, Vicky Fenerty, Jenny Leese, Jo Adams, Alison Hammond, Eileen Davidson, Catherine L. Backman   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of two approaches to measuring change in health status in rheumatoid arthritis: the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and modified HAQ.

, 1992
As an alternative to the calculation of change scores for health status questionnaires used in clinical trials or longitudinal studies, transitional questions have been developed for patients to assess changes directly themselves.
Ziebland, Susan, Jenkinson, C, Fitzpatrick, R, Mowat, A   +3 more
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