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Abstract
arital status (28 were married and 12 unmarried). ex (36 were female and 4 male patients).
luabic translation of the informal care giver questionnaire was applied for both nls and care givers. This qucstionnairc was designcd by Dutch authors as a of a multicenteric study to assess the quality of social support and its impact Ih psychological and physical states of the RA patients.
results o[this study were as [O//OIF :
questioIlnaire proved high degree of reliability as regarding application
g the Egyptian patients.
ied female patients had less degree of x-ray grading corresponding to less ~se severity. and less degree of connectedness which reOected a limited social ’ork than iuu11lnanied group.
group showed more ExtTa-Articulator manifestations (EAM) which represent sevcredisease than female group. On the other hand, statistically significant fence was found between both male and female groups regarding the degree of lematic social support and degree of loneliness. Also, they had a less Positive I support but in non significant degree of difference.
III support which reOects the emotional support emerged as the most rlant aspects of social support in this study. It had a positive correlation with nelers of disease activity in both male and female groups. Out, it had no lalion with other psychological variables.
lell1atic social support had a negative role in this study. It had only a positive iation with degree of depression in male patients
of help which points to the lack of instrumental support,
lated positively with morning stiffness ( MS ) and less health satisfaction.