Features of the Psychoemotional Status of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

It has been established that the level of quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis decreases regardless of the ongoing drug therapy. At the same time, the level of depression of patients with rheumatoid arthritis did not depend on the received drug therapy, activity, stage, degree of functional insufficiency of the joints, which confirms the idea of rheumatoid arthritis as a classic variant of psychosomatic disease. Among the trigger factors for the development of MS in recent years, increasing importance has been attached to stress provoking (family problems, office and financial difficulties), but to date there is an extremely limited number of studies devoted to this problem. RA limits the functional capabilities of patients in everyday and professional activities, worsening the psycho-emotional state. Chronic acute respiratory infections are considered as an independent constant stress factor that causes the need for the patient to adapt to life in conditions of illness and its consequences, since various aspects of life, work, economic status, family and social relationships, psychological status are affected It has been shown that patients with rheumatoid arthritis who took methotrexate + infliximab assess their condition better than patients who received methotrexate monotherapy. This is largely due to the severity and speed of the onset of the anti-inflammatory effect of biological therapy.