We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Analysis on the situation of subjective well-being and its influencing factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
- Authors
Mengmeng Wang; Sheng Wang; Xu Zhang; Qing Xia; Guoqi Cai; Xiao Yang; Xiaona Li; Li Wang; Lihong Xin; Shengqian Xu; Jianhua Xu; Zongwen Shuai; Faming Pan; Wang, Mengmeng; Wang, Sheng; Zhang, Xu; Xia, Qing; Cai, Guoqi; Yang, Xiao; Li, Xiaona
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>To examine the subjective well-being (SWB) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared with the healthy controls, and to explore the associations between SWB and demographic characteristics, disease-specific variables in AS patients.<bold>Methods: </bold>SWB was assessed with General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS) in 200 AS patients and 210 healthy controls. Comparisons among subgroups were performed to investigate how certain aspects operate as favorable or adverse factors in influencing SWB in the patients with AS.<bold>Results: </bold>Both men and women with AS reported significantly impaired SWB on all scales of the GWBS except for the Control (O) scale. The results revealed that better sleep, lower disease activity and more family care predicted higher SWB. In AS patients, positive attitude towards therapy prospect was significantly associated with higher SWB. Therapy prospect refers to the hope of patients about the disease treatment.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Compared with general population, SWB might be affected by the onset of AS. There are significant associations between SWB and sleep quality, BASDAI, APGAR, therapy prospect.
- Subjects
ANKYLOSING spondylitis; GENERAL well-being schedule; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; APGAR score; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 2016, Vol 14, p1
- ISSN
1477-7525
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12955-016-0522-7