Table 4 Self-reported reaction to the diagnosis in patients 20–65 years who participated in this study on adaptation to newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 95)
From: What predicts negative effects of rheumatoid arthritis? A follow-up two years after diagnosis
PSP, baseline | PSP, 24 months | Diff within group | NPSP, baseline | NPSP, 24 months | Diff within group | Diff at baseline | Diff at 24 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 41) | p-values* | (n = 54) | p-values* | p-values* | p-values* | |||
Sufficient knowledge about RA | 31 (78%) | 39 (75%) | 0.78 | |||||
Insufficient knowledge | 9 (23%) | 13 (25%) | ||||||
Impact of the disease: | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.014 | <0.001 | ||||
Not at all or little | 6 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (23%) | 5 (9%) | ||||
Moderately | 23 (58%) | 12 (29%) | 38 (72%) | 32 (60%) | ||||
A lot | 11 (28%) | 29 (71%) | 3 (6%) | 16 (30%) | ||||
Influenced areas: | ||||||||
Relationship to partner | – | 16/39 (41%) | – | – | 7/43 (16%) | – | – | 0.013 |
Sexual life | – | 15/39 (39%) | – | – | 8/44 (18%) | – | – | 0.039 |
Family life | – | 21/39 (54%) | – | – | 10/42 (24%) | – | – | 0.005 |
Social life | – | 24/38 (63%) | – | – | 13/42 (31%) | – | – | 0.004 |
Work | – | 27/40 (68%) | – | – | 22/42 (52%) | – | – | 0.16 |
Economy | – | 27/40 (68%) | – | – | 12/43 (28%) | – | – | <0.001 |
Leisure time activities | – | 35/39 (90%) | – | – | 25/43 (58%) | – | – | 0.002 |
Forgo leisure-time activities because of symptoms | 32 (78%) | 29 (71%) | 0.45 | 29 (54%) | 18 (33%) | 0.033 | 0.014 | <0.001 |
Smoking habits: | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.68 | 0.11 | ||||
Non-smokers | 23 (56%) | 25 (61%) | 33 (65%) | 42 (78%) | ||||
Occasional smokers | 5 (12%) | 4 (10%) | 6 (12%) | 1 (2%) | ||||
Daily-smokers | 13 (32%) | 12 (29%) | 12 (24%) | 11 (20%) | ||||
Physical activity | 0.76 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.96 | ||||
Weekly | 35 (85%) | 34 (83%) | 43 (84%) | 45 (83%) | ||||
Less than weekly | 6 (15%) | 7 (17%) | 8 (16%) | 9 (17%) |