Coping strategies, emotional distress and perceived disease severity in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a mediation analysis
Authors' conclusion
This study suggests that coping strategies could be an important factor in the perceived disease severity.
Study context
- Population
- Large cohort of patients with RA
- Participants
- 490 participants
- Outcome
- Relationship between specific coping strategies (COPE-NVI) and PGA, and the mediating role of emotional distress (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS))
Methodological detailsmediation analysis
- Mediation analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Proportion of total effect of coping strategies on PGA mediated by emotional distress
Religious coping: total effect mediated
42.0%
Planning: total effect mediated
17.5%
Behavioural disengagement: total effect mediated
10.5%
Focus on and venting of emotions: total effect mediated
9.8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Coping strategies, emotional distress and perceived disease severity in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a mediation analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 3 August 2022. doi:10.
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