Why the study?
How do satisfaction with abilities and perceived importance of abilities affect psychological well-being in patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis?
Population
234 individuals with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Distress risk in early RA tied to low satisfaction only for valued abilities; hypothesis-generating for importance-tailored support.
How do satisfaction with abilities and perceived importance of abilities affect psychological well-being in patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis?
In patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis, low satisfaction with abilities is associated with psychological distress primarily when those abilities are perceived as highly important.
Blalock et al. (1992) studied this question.
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