Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2016, Pages 437–442
Lamyae Medrare1, Fadoua Allali2, Ange Ngeuleu3, Amine Mahdi4, Hanan Rkain5, and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni6
1 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
2 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
3 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
4 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
5 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
6 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: This study aims to identify factors influencing the health related quality of life (HRQOL) for RA patients. Methods: 103 patients diagnosed were enrolled in the study. Disease activity was assessed through the Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28 scale. Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) was completed by all patients. Pain and fatigue were evaluated with pain Visual analogic scale (VAS) and fatigue VAS respectively. The psychological status was evaluated using the Arabic validated version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADs).The Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact disease (RAID) was used for the evaluation of the impact of rheumatoid arthritis. Results: The mean RAID was 3.78
Author Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease.
Lamyae Medrare1, Fadoua Allali2, Ange Ngeuleu3, Amine Mahdi4, Hanan Rkain5, and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni6
1 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
2 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
3 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
4 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
5 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
6 Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi University-Hospital, Rabat-Salé, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Objective: This study aims to identify factors influencing the health related quality of life (HRQOL) for RA patients. Methods: 103 patients diagnosed were enrolled in the study. Disease activity was assessed through the Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28 scale. Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) was completed by all patients. Pain and fatigue were evaluated with pain Visual analogic scale (VAS) and fatigue VAS respectively. The psychological status was evaluated using the Arabic validated version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADs).The Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact disease (RAID) was used for the evaluation of the impact of rheumatoid arthritis. Results: The mean RAID was 3.78
Author Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease.
How to Cite this Article
Lamyae Medrare, Fadoua Allali, Ange Ngeuleu, Amine Mahdi, Hanan Rkain, and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni, “Factors influencing the Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) score for Moroccan patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 437–442, April 2016.
