Are there more than cross-selectional relationships of social support and social network with functional limitations and psychological distress in early rheumatoid arthritis ? The URIDISS longitudinal study
Demange, L.; Guillemin, F.; BAUMANN, Michèle
2004 • In Arthritis Care and Research, 51 (5), p. 782-791
Social support; Functional disability; Distress; Support network; Rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract :
[en] Objective. To investigate whether greater social support and support network are cross-sectionally associated with less functional limitations and psychological distress in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA); whether this association is constant over time; and whether increases in social support or support network are associated with less functional limitations and psychological distress. Methods. Subjects were from the European Research on Incapacitating Diseases and Social Support cohort and had early RA. Social support, support network, functional limitations (Health Assessment Questionnaire), and psychological distress (General Health Questionnaire) were assessed annually. Variance and covariance analyses with repeated measures were performed. Results. A total of 542 subjects were assessed for 3 years. On average, patients with a greater amount of specific social support or a stronger specific support network experienced less functional limitation and less psychological distress.
Changes in a given subject’s functional limitations and psychological distress did not depend on his or her baseline social support or support network. Neither social support nor support network change over time. Conclusion. There may be a cross-sectional link between specific social support or support network and functional limitations and psychological distress, but no longitudinal association could be evidenced.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services Sociology & social sciences
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2008-252
Author, co-author :
Demange, L.
Guillemin, F.
BAUMANN, Michèle ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Language :
English
Title :
Are there more than cross-selectional relationships of social support and social network with functional limitations and psychological distress in early rheumatoid arthritis ? The URIDISS longitudinal study
Publication date :
2004
Journal title :
Arthritis Care and Research
ISSN :
2151-464X
eISSN :
2151-4658
Publisher :
Wiley, Hoboken, United States - New Jersey
Volume :
51
Issue :
5
Pages :
782-791
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Social support; Support network; Rheumatoid arthritis; Functional disability; Distress.