Open AccessPARTICULAR QUALITIES OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Author(s) -
I V Octiaborskaya,
Vadim Tashlykov,
I. B. Belyaeva
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vestnik severo-zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta im. i.i. mečnikova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-9704
pISSN - 2618-7116
DOI - 10.17816/mechnikov201572102-107
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , somatization , methotrexate , infliximab , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , arthritis , disease , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
In 120 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis evaluated psychosomatic relationships Anxiety and depressive disorders were found in 80 (66.2%) patients. There was a positive correlation relationship between the number of patients with anxiety and depressive disorders and values of activity index dAS 28, functional health assessment index НAq, disease duration and quantitative values of rheumatoid factor. Combination therapy with methotrexate and infliximab has obvious advantages over monotherapy with methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis and leads to significant clinical improvement, increase functional ability of joints, improve the quality of life and decreased fatigue and somatization depression.