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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Research

Disease activity, resilience and health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multi-center, cross-sectional study

Authors: Li Liu, Xin Xu, Neili Xu, Lie Wang

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

Positive psychological constructs that can moderate or mediate the negative impact of disease activity on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have not been explored widely. This study aimed to assess the associations of disease activity, resilience with HRQOL and the moderating and mediating roles of resilience among Chinese RA patients.

Methods

A multi-center, cross-sectional study was conducted in RA inpatients in northeast of China. A total 298 subjects completed the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Ego-Resiliency Scale (ERS) to measure HRQOL and resilience. For the SF-36, physical function, physical role limitation, bodily pain and general health perception are gathered into physical component summary (PCS), while vitality, social functioning, emotional role limitation and mental health are gathered into mental component summary (MCS). Disease activity was evaluated by the Disease Activity Score 28-C-reactive protein (DAS28-CRP). Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to examine the associations of disease activity, resilience and the disease activity*resilience interaction with PCS and MCS, respectively. Asymptotic and resampling strategies were utilized to examine the mediating role of resilience.

Results

The mean scores of PCS and MCS were 40.67 and 59.14, respectively. Disease activity was negatively associated with both PCS and MCS, and resilience was only positively associated with MCS. The disease activity*resilience interaction term were significantly associated with MCS (β = 0.144, P = 0.003). The associations between disease activity and MCS were gradually reduced in low (1 SD below the mean, β = −0.369, P < 0.001), mean (β = −0.218, P < 0.001) and high (1 SD above the mean, β = −0.068, P = 0.369) groups of resilience. Resilience acted as a partial mediator in the disease activity-MCS association (effect size was −0.085, BCa 95% CI: −0.159, −0.028).

Conclusions

Disease activity was negatively associated with both physical and mental HRQOL, and resilience was only positively associated with mental HRQOL. Resilience could attenuate and mediate the association between disease activity and mental HRQOL. In addition to controlling disease activity, targeted intervention strategies designed for resilience should be strengthened to improve the HRQOL of this population.
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Metadata
Title
Disease activity, resilience and health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multi-center, cross-sectional study
Authors
Li Liu
Xin Xu
Neili Xu
Lie Wang
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0725-6

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