RT Journal Article
T1 Follow-up of health-related quality of life and pain in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after COVID-19
A1 Reinoso-Cobo, Andrés
A1 Ortega-Ávila, Ana Belén
A1 Pineda-Galán, Consolación
A1 Alabau-Dasi, Raquel
A1 Exposito-Ruiz, Manuela
A1 Banwell, George
A1 Ramos Petersen, Laura
A1 Gijón-Noguerón, Gabriel
K1 Artritis reumatoide
K1 COVID-19
K1 Calidad de vida
K1 Dolor
AB The foot is one of the anatomical structures of the body most affected in rheumatoid arthritis(RA), associated with the disability of patients, even more during COVID-19. The aim of this study was toanalyse whether the period of physical inactivity during COVID-19 is an influential factor on health-relatedquality of life and foot pain in patients with RA.Methods: 162 patients with foot pain and RA, recruited from the Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada(Spain) were included. Data was collected during two different periods: January - December 2018 in personand June - September 2021 by phone. Patients were asked to complete the Spanish adapted version of the12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).Results: The results from the SF-12 questionnaires were divided between its two subscales (i.e., mental, andphysical component). The physical component shows an improvement between 2018 and 2021, from 32.05in 2018–35.18 in 2021 (p < 0.05). The opposite happened with the mental component, showing a dete-rioration, from 39.69 in 2018–34.48 in 2021 (p < 0.05). Regarding pain, VAS shows higher levels of painwith statistically significant differences, both in general pain (from 6 in 2018–7 in 2012) and in foot pain(from 5 to 7), (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Mental quality of life and pain, both general and foot pain, are influenced by the period ofphysical inactivity during COVID-19.
PB Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023-07-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27749
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27749
LA eng
NO Andres Reinoso-Cobo, Ana-Belen Ortega-Avila, Consolacion Pineda-Galan, Raquel Alabau-Dasi, Manuela Exposito-Ruiz, George Banwell, Laura Ramos-Petersen, Gabriel Gijon-Nogueron,Follow-up of health-related quality of life and pain in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after COVID-19, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 29, Issue 8,2023, Pages 616-620. ISSN 1268-7731https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2023.07.008
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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