Interpersonal stress, depression, and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients.
Health Psychol
; 13(2): 139-48, 1994 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8020457
ABSTRACT
The relationships among interpersonal stressors, depression, coping inefficiency, hormones (prolactin, cortisol, and estradiol), and disease activity were examined. The sample comprised 33 women with rheumatoid arthritis (RAs; age 37-78) and 37 women with osteoarthritis (OAs; age 47-91), who served as controls. In a regression analysis, interpersonal conflict events accounted for more than twice as much variance in depression in RAs than in OAs. In the RA patients, the immune-stimulating hormones prolactin and estradiol were significantly positively correlated with interpersonal conflicts, depression, coping inefficacy, and clinician ratings of disease activity, suggesting that RAs are more reactive to interpersonal stressors than are OAs, both psychologically and physiologically.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Osteoartritis
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Artritis Reumatoide
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Trastorno Depresivo
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Relaciones Interpersonales
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Psychol
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article