[Quality of life in anxiety disorders in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
Quality of life (QL) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and anxious disorders was estimated according the scale of S. Roberts and M. Eliot. Anxious disorders were evaluated by RA patients' personality profile described by MMPI, Beck's questionnaire, Spilberger's test. In RA running for more than 5 years, QL tends to decrease, though subjectively the patients overestimate their QL. This leads to the loss of a direct correlation with psychological personality traits. The conventional treatment raises QL and restore the lost correlations. The persisting high level of anxiety and lowering of emotional functioning require administration of psychotropic drugs to improve adaptation of RA patients.
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010551:Personality; D011788:Quality of Life