A Potential Moderating Role of Stress in the Association of Disease Activity and Psychological Status among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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ID13655136
AutoresManuel Antonio Arango (Regional Cancer Center, autor correspondente), Pablo O Cano (Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Center)
Ano1998
Volume83
Fascículo1
Páginas147-157
Data de publicação1998-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.147
PMID9775673
OpenAlexW2037619840
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas18

This study investigated the role of perceived daily stress as a potential moderator in the relation between a set of predictors (disease activity, education, pain) and psychological status (anxiety, depression) of 31 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Psychological measures served as dependent variables in hierarchical regression analyses testing for potential interaction effects of daily stress upon relationships between predictors and dependent measures. No predictors predicted directly scores on depression and anxiety; however, daily stress directly predicted scores on depression and anxiety, even after having separately controlled for each of the predictors. Increased disease activity had significantly stronger associations with increased psychological morbidity only among patients reporting high scores on daily stress, suggesting a potential moderating role for stress

Anxiety · Association (psychology · Depression (economics · Disease · Moderation · Multilevel model · Psychiatry · Psychological stress · Psychotherapist · Rheumatoid arthritis · Stress (linguistics · Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research · Clinical Psychology · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies · Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments