Open AccessEffects of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychology and disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis
Author(s) -
Şakir Gıca,
Yasemin Akkubak,
Zakire Kübra Aksoy,
Adem Küçük,
Erkan Cüre
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2011-188
Subject(s) - ankylosing spondylitis , medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , pandemic , covid-19 , disease , spondylitis , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak is known to increase stress levels of most patients with chronic diseases. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are highly susceptible to environmental stress. In the current study, we aimed to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic psychologically affected patients with chronic progressive diseases such as AS and RA and the effects of these psychological factors on disease activity.