Utilization of health care services by rheumatoid arthritis Patients

Patients' perception about etiology of rheumatoid arthritis and the role of primary care givers in its management.

“…Only three of them specifically mentioned that they had not sought medicine from any other source prior to approaching the PGIMER, for treatment. These findings are in conformity with the findings of several other studies where patients sought treatment from practitioners of different systems of medicine [8][9][10] .It was also found that the patients who suffered for more than eleven years had relied on 'mixed therapy' and that they combined it with massage (hot and cold), physical exercises and yoga for symptom-relief, one month prior to the interview.…”