Patient perceptions of rheumatoid arthritis

Bath, Julian; Hooper, J. M. D.; Giles, Mark S.; Steel, Dawn; Reed, Elizabeth; Woodland, John G.

doi:10.7748/ns1999.10.14.3.35.c2687

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“…The cultural preoccupation with perfection and normality, and the pervasive image of the disabled person as "damaged goods" (Phillips, 1990), can force women with RA and other disfiguring illnesses to conceal or isolate. Such strategies are used to maintain a sense of acceptability and self-esteem against the impact of others' reactions (Bath et al, 1999;Thompson & Kent, 2001).…”

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Corporeality

2004

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The purpose of this research report is to describe women's experiences living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Twenty women diagnosed with RA participated in semistructured interviews that were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings indicated that how women with RA experience life in their physical bodies is fundamentally important. Corporeality, the name we chose for this phenomenon, is quite literally being one's body. This experience of the reality of being in or being of a body or corpus was central, not only to participants' perceptions of well-being but also to the impact rheumatoid arthritis was having on their lives and the actions they took to contend with the illness. The authors identified three themes that described what corporeality was for women with RA: relating to a noncompliant body, body out of synch, and private body made public. These results are discussed in light of other research about embodied experience in persons living with chronic illness.

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“…For persons living with a chronic disease maintaining open relationships with others and the environment can be challenging (Haggman-Laitila, 1997;Thorne & Paterson, 1998). This is especially true for those persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a painful and sometimes debilitating condition (Bath et al, 1999;Brown & Williams, 1995;Ryan, 1996). The variable nature of RA, with its characteristic symptom flares (Skinner, 1999), has an impact on daily activities including work, social, and recreational participation, family relationships, and self-perceptions (Affleck, Pfeiffer, Tennen, & Fifield, 1987;Le Gallez, 1993).…”

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Experiencing Health in the Context of Rheumatoid Arthritis

2003

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The purpose of this study was to explicate the health experience of persons with rheumatoid arthritis who manifest a strong sense of well-being. Five women and three men participated in unstructured interviews in order to answer the research question, What are the subplots that emerge in the descriptions of health given by persons with rheumatoid arthritis? A hermeneutic method was used to analyze the transcripts. Three subplots emerged: (a) The evolving--not knowing and then knowing something, but never really knowing, (b) the reframing, and (c) the relational fugue. The findings, including creation of healing spaces and an evolving relationship with assistive devices, provide evidence of turning points in the health process and are suggestive of a strong sense of well-being as a manifestation of a reorganized pattern.

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Orthopaedic Surgery

Newman¹

2007

Assessing and Managing the Acutely Ill Adult Surgical Patient

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Patient perceptions of rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis is rarely seen as a serious public health issue, yet it is the single largest cause of disability in the UK (Badley and Tennant 1993). In this qualitative study patients were interviewed about the physical and social effects of the disease.

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