Pain in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to demographic, medical, and psychological factors.

摘要: Our purpose was to investigate the relationship among demographic, medical, and psychological factors self-reported pain in 135 patients with classic or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients were examined using systemic index, articular McGill Pain Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist-90-R, a visual analogue scale. Multiple regression analyses found no significant relationships between medical variables. However, age, income, selected variables significantly correlated reports. The greatest management challenge occurred who middle-aged, living on limited incomes, experiencing major stresses everyday life. These high risk also worry-prone felt isolated lacking social support. Attention these related psychosocial problems is recommended as an important strategy RA.