Description of self-efficacy for managing symptoms and emotions in a large rheumatology clinic population
Authors' conclusion
Self-efficacy is low amongst patients with rheumatologic diseases followed in a large academic centre for routine care and is highly associated with HRQoL.
Study context
- Population
- Patients of a large rheumatology division with office visits and completed questionnaires, May 2022 to January 2023401 (36%) with complete data
- Participants
- 1,114 patients
- Exposure
- Low vs high self-efficacy for managing symptoms and emotions
- Outcome
- Self-efficacy (PROMIS SE Symptoms and SE Emotions) and its associations with HRQoL
Methodological detailsmultivariable linear regression
- Multivariable linear regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
HRQoL (PROMIS domains)
- Low vs high SE symptoms and SE emotions: significantly worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in all Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) domains by 5-10 mean T-score units (p<0.001)
- Strong determinants of SE Symptoms in MLR: fatigue, depression, pain interference
- Strong determinants of SE Emotions in MLR: fatigue, anxiety, depression
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Description of self-efficacy for managing symptoms and emotions in a large rheumatology clinic population. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 25 January 2024. doi:10.
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