Open AccessImpact of Perceived Stress During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients' Disease Activity
Author(s) -
Angela Pham,
Jenny Brook,
David Elashoff,
Veena K. Ranganath
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of clinical rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1536-7355
pISSN - 1076-1608
DOI - 10.1097/rhu.0000000000001861
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , perceived stress scale , anxiety , pandemic , confounding , cross sectional study , disease , rheumatology , covid-19 , physical therapy , demography , stress (linguistics) , psychiatry , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , philosophy , linguistics , sociology
Psychological stress worsens rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased stress/anxiety in rheumatic patients. The purpose of this study was to determine if stress during the COVID-19 pandemic specifically impacts RA disease activity as reported by the patient.