Illness perceptions significantly impact adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis, outweighing medical disease status for depression, physical function, and pain.
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Illness perceptions may outweigh disease status for RA adjustment; cross-sectional data leaves open whether targeting them improves outcomes.
AnnMarie Groarke (2004) studied this question.
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