pISSN: 2093-940X, eISSN: 2233-4718 Copyright c 2016 by The Korean College of Rheumatology. All rights reserved. This is a Free Access article, which permits unrestricted non-commerical use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Original Article Journal of Rheumatic Diseases Vol. 23, No. 4, August, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.4078/jrd.2016.23.4...

BACKGROUND Chronic diseases are usually accompanied by psychological abnormalities. Anxiety and depression occur in a significant number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These psychological problems are likely, to be the results of chronic physical symptoms such as pain and disability. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was the evaluation of mental health in patients with rheumatoid ...

BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that is known to be associated with high cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to demonstrate whether RA disease activity reflected with disease activity score-28 (DAS-28) had an impact on left ventricular diastolic functions and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness in RA patients with no ...

Background: In the “treating to target” strategy to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management, “cognitive” beyond “physical” measures allow a more comprehensive assessment. This study reports a predictive analysis of patient properties on Disease Activity, and the degree to which these predictions could be uniquely attributable to Illness perception (IP), pain, and sex differences. Methods: This cr...

Background. Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often a real challenge and requires the search for new indicators to reveal potential threat of developing atherosclerotic vascular lesions early stages.
 The study aimed analyse association between von Willebrand factor (vWF), disease activity, intima-media thickness (IMT) score RA patients.
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Vitamin D3 has a role in many autoimmune diseases and appears to play a function in controlling Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between serum level of vitamin D and RA disease activity score. The serum level of vitamin D in 75 RA patients referred to the rheumatology clinic of Rasoul-Akram hospital was measured. Patients were classified into low,...

background: this study aims to investigate the effect of antioxidants supplement on clinical outcomes and antioxidant parameters in rheumatoid arthritis (ra). methods: the pre‑post study was conducted on 40 female patients with ra in 12 weeks that taken daily one “selenplus” capsule contained 50 μg selenium, 8 mg zinc, 400 μg vitamin a, 125 mg vitamin c, and 40 mg vitamin e. about 5 ml venous b...

Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a crippling disorder with articular, extra-articular as well systemic drawbacks. The present study was conducted to assess disease activity score respect vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis. Materials & Methods: 58 patients of arthritis both genders were selected and measurement done ELISA an autoanalyzer. Disease 28 (DAS28) Visual analog scale scoring sys...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to verify the usefulness of a simple disease activity index (SDAI) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS The SDAI is the numerical sum of five outcome parameters: tender and swollen joint count (based on a 28-joint assessment), patient and physician global assessment of disease activity [visual analogue scale (VAS) 0-10 cm] and level of C-reactive pr...

Objectives: This study was done to assess the effect of intra-articular injection corticosteroid in persistent synovitis rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
 Methods: Thirty RA patients with one joint were subjected corticosteroid. All examined for disease activity by score 28 (DAS28), functional assessment using Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ), and laboratory investigation...