Open AccessDo people with rheumatoid arthritis develop illness‐related schemas?
Author(s) -
Devellis Robert F.,
Patterson Carol Carswell,
Blalock Susan J.,
Renner Barbara R.,
Devellis Brenda M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
arthritis & rheumatism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1529-0131
pISSN - 0004-3591
DOI - 10.1002/art.1790100203
Subject(s) - recall , rheumatoid arthritis , focus group , medicine , clinical psychology , cognition , psychology , depression (economics) , qualitative property , physical therapy , psychiatry , cognitive psychology , marketing , machine learning , computer science , business , economics , macroeconomics
Objective . To assess, using both qualitative/inductive and quantitative data, whether people with rheumatoid arthritis (FLA) have schemas related to arthritis. Methods . Themes identified from interview and focus group transcripts were used to develop 1) questionnaire items, and 2) statements participants were asked to recall during home interviews. Two hundred one people with FLA completed questionnaires and recall tasks of the type used in cognitive research, followed 10 days later by another recall assessment by telephone. Results . Qualitative methods, item‐level questionnaire data, and category‐level recall data yielded convergent results supporting 4 final categories: mastery, support, loss of independence, and depression. Regression analyses indicated that category of earlier recollections predicted subsequent recollections assessed via phone. Conclusions . Results from widely different methods offer at least partial support for arthritis schemas and suggest that the concepts identified are meaningful to patients as well as to researchers.