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. 2015 Feb 25;13:27. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0214-8

Do patient-reported outcome measures cover personal factors important to people with rheumatoid arthritis? A mixed methods design using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as frame of reference

Mona Dür 1,2,✉, Michaela Coenen 3, Michaela Alexandra Stoffer 1, Veronika Fialka-Moser 4, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer 5, Ingvild Kjeken 6, Răzvan Gabriel Drăgoi 7, Malin Mattsson 8,9, Carina Boström 10, Josef Smolen 1, Tanja Alexandra Stamm 1,11,✉
PMCID: PMC4379722  PMID: 25879438

Abstract

Background

Personal factors (PFs) are internal factors that determine functioning and the individuals’ experience of disability. Their coverage by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) has not been examined in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) so far. The aims of this study were to identify PFs important in the life stories of people with RA and to determine their coverage by PROMs used in RA.

Methods

The qualitative data of people with RA was explored to identify PFs. Additionally a systematic literature search was conducted to find PROMs used in RA. PROMs items were linked to the components, domains and categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to determine the coverage of important PFs by PROMs.

Results

Twelve PFs were found to be important in the life stories of people with RA. The PFs coping and reflecting about one’s life in an optimistic way were covered most frequently, each by 14 of the 42 explored PROMs, while job satisfaction was not covered at all. The London Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale, Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Revised Ways of Coping Inventory covered most PFs. Nineteen PROMs did not cover any of the PFs.

Conclusion

Several PFs were identified as important in the life stories of people with RA, but only 55% of the PROMS covered some of these PFs. When evaluating PFs important to people with RA, health professionals should be alert on which PROMs can be used to assess which PFs.

Keywords: Qualitative research methods, Health promotion, Outcome research, Patient perspective, Rehabilitation

Background

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, characterized by joint inflammation, pain, joint swelling, morning stiffness, and fatigue which may lead to loss of functioning in daily life [1]. The prevalence ranges from 0,5-2% and is 3 - 4 times higher in women than in men [2]. However, the current understanding of the burden of the disease comprises not only clinical symptoms, but also other aspects that have an impact on living with RA, including environmental factors and personal factors, such as people’s social support or self-efficacy [3-5].

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) [6] is a common conceptual framework used to understand, describe and measure the dimensions of human functioning, disability and health [7]. Within the ICF, an individual’s functioning is conceptualized as result of the interplay between body functions and structures, activities and participation and contextual factors that include environmental and personal factors (PFs) [6].

PFs have played a tangential part in relation to ICF-based health outcome research. In the ICF, PFs are defined as internal factors that determine functioning and the individuals’ experience of disability. PFs comprise “features of the individual” such as coping, social background and psychological factors impacting health outcomes [6]. However, even if a few researchers have explored PFs through consensus processes [8], systematic reviews [9] or qualitative interviews with patients [10], they are not yet classified according to the ICF “taxonomy” [6,7].

For example, the RA ICF core set was developed to provide a set of categories that best describes the problems of functioning of people with RA [11]. Within three validation studies based on qualitative data several PFs were identified as meaningful which have not been covered by the ICF core sets [12-15]. Further, even though single PFs have been explored in people with RA [16,17], they have been left out in the examination of the coverage of the perspectives of patients with RA by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), as it has been done in other chronic diseases [18-20]. Thus, it is unclear how PROMs cover PFs important to people with RA. Additionally, PFs and their meaning to people with RA may change over time and the course of disease [21,22]. Hence, they need to be explored within a long-term perspective over the life course.

Furthermore, the new and effective biologic therapies facilitate the inclusion of other important aspects such as PFs as targets of non-pharmacological treatment of people with RA [6,23,24]. For example, interventions targeting PFs, such as coping strategies or medication beliefs, could support individuals to achieve their fullest potential on functioning, to reduce the impact of RA [24,25], and to increase medication adherence [26]. To assess the need for or to evaluate non-pharmacological treatment in clinical practice or rehabilitation targeting PFs, health professionals and researchers should be alert on which PROMs cover which PFs.

The aims of this study were to identify PFs important in the life stories of people with RA and to determine their coverage by PROMs used in RA.

Methods

We used a mixed methods design consisting of a qualitative analysis, a systematic literature search and a linking process. The current project was part of a larger study [27,28].

Exploration of qualitative data to identify personal factors important in the life stories of people with RA

Firstly, a secondary analysis of qualitative data of a previous study [29,30] was conducted. In the respective study, patients from the rheumatologic outpatient clinic of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, diagnosed with RA [31] were asked for participation. A small sample size of 15 participants with a diverse range was aimed to gather rich and meaningful data [32]. Recruitment used a maximum variation sampling strategy [33] in terms of sex, age, former professional status and disease duration. Inclusion criteria were “being early retired” at the time of the interviews, having past employment experience (≥20 hours per week), no history of psychiatric and/or other neuro-motor disease and German as first language. Since we were interested in the identification of PFs which could be complex, such as coping or resilience, we decided to use people’s life stories and to follow the biographical narrative interpretative method (BNIM) [33,34]. In accordance to the study aim the interviews’ verbatim transcripts of the life stories were used to determine PFs which were important over the life and disease course of people with RA. Therefore, each transcript was analyzed by two researchers independently (MD, MS, and TAS). In case of disagreement, each case was discussed in a research panel of three people who together made a final informed decision, whether or not a certain PF was encompassed in the respective life story. PFs which were found among different life stories were identified based on the exploration of people’s interpretation of their life’s experience and their biography [34] and used for the exploration of their coverage by PROMs. A flow chart of the different steps of the BNIM is depicted in Figure 1. For detailed information we refer to further literature [33,34].

Figure 1.

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Flow diagram of the data collection and analysis following the BNIM. (Initials) = researcher(s) who conducted the respective step of the BNIM.

Systematic literature search to find PROMs used in RA

Secondly, we conducted a systematic literature search in 2013 using PubMed, CINAHL and PsycInfo to find PROMs used in RA and to extract their items. The following combination of keywords was used to search the articles: [(rheumatoid arthritis)] AND [(outcome) OR (assessment) OR (instrument) OR (measure) OR (questionnaire)] AND [(self-reported) OR (patient-reported) OR (patient perspective)]. For inclusion, articles had to be written in English and published in a peer-reviewed journal and the description of the use or development of at least one PROM had to be contained in the title or the abstract. Candidate articles were independently reviewed by two researchers (MD and AB) using a data extraction form, to identify the descriptions of PROMs. A PROM was included when the following criteria were applied: assessing functioning and/or functional health and/or those PFs which were identified in the qualitative analyses. PROMs items which were not provided within these articles were obtained from reference checking or on request from their authors. PROMs specifically designed for children or adolescents and single-VAS-assessments for disease activity of RA were excluded.

Linking process to determine the coverage of important personal factors by PROMs

Finally, we determined which PFs were covered by which PROMs using the ICF [6] as reference. Items of the PROMs were linked to ICF categories by two researchers (MD and MC). In case of disagreement an informed decision was made by one further researcher skilled and experienced in the ICF linking process (TAS). The linking process followed a standard procedure by the use of the current ICF-linking rules [35]. Concerning the complexity of certain items, we applied the ICF-linking rule referring to items encompassing different constructs, an example is shown in Figure 2. Articles providing ICF categories linked to the selected PROMs were used.

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Example: Linking process to determine the coverage of important personal factors by patient-reported outcome measures. Comparison of one personal factor to one linked item of the Rheumatoid Self-efficacy Questionnaire; Abbreviations: ICF = International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, PROMs = Patient-reported outcome measures, RASE = Rheumatoid Self-efficacy Questionnaire.

The linked ICF categories of each PROM were compared to the PFs from the qualitative data by mapping them to each other. Finally, PROMs were explored in order to report how many PROMs were available to assess each PF and those PFs for which no PROM existed. An example is given in Figure 2.

Ethical considerations

Participants received information about study procedures and ethical considerations and gave written and oral informed consents. Confidentiality was guaranteed and names were changed in the given examples. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Results

Personal factors important in the life stories of people with RA

For the current study, we used the data of 15 people with RA, 11 women and 4 men with a median age of 54 years and disease duration of 11 years [29,30]. Demographic data is depicted in Table 1.

Table 1.

Demographic data of the participants

Women Men
n (%) Total 11 (73) 4 (27)
n (%) International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3: completed vocational education or secondary education premising the access to higher education 6 (55) 3 (75)
Median Age (interquartile range) 52 (43–61) 56 (42–58)
Median Disease duration (interquartile range) 10 (8–20) 14 (10–26)
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In the secondary analysis of the life stories of people with RA the following 12 PFs were identified as being important: Adaptation to changed living conditions; coping; eating habits and weight concerns; involvement into disease management; job satisfaction; meaningful activities for the individual and/or the societal context; own attitudes; reflecting about one’s life in an optimistic way; resilience; self-efficacy; sense of coherence and social appreciation.

In the following section, we give two examples of important PFs: In the life story of Hans, a 58 years old varnisher, we identified adaptation to changed living conditions. Hans did not get a job after he had left the previous one. Thus, his life story contained several descriptions on changes which were adaptations to living with RA:

“Depressing when you suddenly become useless at the age of 40, not knowing how life will go on and how to get oneself and one’s family. So, my wife worked half time and I took care of the children, as far as that was possible”. (First interview, lines 51–53)

Another example is Maria, a 42 years old woman. She did not let the disease “rule” her life and supported others to care about their health and wellbeing. Finally, Maria became an “advocate” for people with RA. We identified self-efficacy and involvement into disease management when she told about her engagement in acquiring knowledge and skills.

“What I wanted to know was how to handle it [the disease]? So, I asked my physician [rheumatologist] to prepare me for the case that the worst happens and we talked it through. I have written down everything. In the case I found myself in troubles, I looked through my notes and could help myself”. (First interview, lines 537–546)

“My ambition spurred me on, not to accept everything related to the disease and to let it rule my life. I have bought medical books, attended specialist conferences [on rheumatic diseases], I went to libraries and studied [RA specific] drugs and their side effects. I started to understand the physician a little when he talked about the medication. I felt that I could have a determining influence on the decision which drug should be tried next”. (First interview, lines 687–701) “I realized that meanwhile I was engaged in the management of my disease to the same extent as I was engaged in my job formerly”. (First interview, lines 719–721)

Three PFs were found to be important in the life stories of women only. These were reflecting about one’s life in an optimistic way, involvement into disease management and job satisfaction. While coping and meaningful activities for the individual and/or the social context was important in the life story of all men, the same was true for own attitudes in women. The frequency and percentage of identified PFs per sex are depicted in Table 2.

Table 2.

Frequency of personal factors per sex

R Personal factors n (%) f (%) m (%)
1 Own attitudes 13 (87) 11 (100) 2 (50)
2 Adaptation to changed living conditions 11 (73) 9 (82) 2 (50)
3 Meaningful activities for the individual and/or the social context 12 (80) 8 (73) 4 (100)
4 Eating habits and weight concerns 10 (67) 8 (73) 2 (50)
5 Coping 9 (60) 5 (45) 4 (100)
6 Reflecting about one’s life in an optimistic way 7 (47) 7 (64) 0
6 Involvement into disease management 7 (47) 7 (64) 0
6 Self-efficacy 7 (47) 6 (55) 1 (25)
7 Sense of Coherence 6 (40) 4 (36) 2 (50)
8 Job satisfaction 5 (33) 5 (45) 0
9 Social appreciation 4 (27) 3 (27) 1 (25)
9 Resilience 4 (27) 2 (18) 2 (50)
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Abbr.: R = Rank, n = number, f = female, m = male.

PROMs used in RA

The systematic literature search resulted in 1280 hits, of which 831 were excluded due to 107 duplicates and 724 irrelevant articles. Finally, 449 articles were used to identify the PROMs used in RA, as described in Figure 3.

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Flow diagram.

In total forty-two PROMs met our inclusion criteria. They are listed and described in Table 3.

Table 3.

Characteristics of the identified patient-reported outcome measures

Abbreviations Names of patient-reported outcome measures Items
AIMS2-SF Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales Short Form [36] 26
APaQ Activity Participation Questionnaire [37] 2
ASES Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale [38] 20
B-WOC-R Brief Revised Ways of coping inventory [39] 18
BRAF MDQ Bristol Arthritis Fatigue Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire [40] 20
BRAF NRS Bristol Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scale [40] 3
CFS Chalder Fatigue Scale [41] 11
CIS 20R Checklist Individual Strength [42] 20
CIS 8R Checklist Individual Strength [42] 8
C-RAQ Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire [25] 20
DRP Disease Repercussion Profile [43] 6
EC-17 Effective Musculoskeletal Consumer Scale (Short Form) [44] 17
EQ-5D EuroQuoL Health questionnaire [45] 5
FACIT-F Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (Fatigue) [46] 13
FSS Fatigue Severity Scale [47] 9
GSES General Self-Efficacy Scale [48,49] 10
HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [50] 14
HAQ Health Assessment Questionnaire [51] 20
HAQ-II Health assessment questionnaire ii [52] 10
HAQ-DI Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index [53] 20
JP SES Joint Protection Self-efficacy Scale [54] 10
LCRAQ London Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire [55] 36
LOT-R Life Orientation Test-Revised [56] 8
MAF Multi-dimensional Assessment of Fatigue [57] 15
MFI Multi-dimensional Fatigue Inventory [58] 20
MHAQ Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire [59] 8
MHLC - C Multidimensional Health Locus of Control C-Form [60] 18
PI-HAQ Personal Impact Health Assessment Questionnaire [61] 20
PRO-CLARA Patient Reported Outcome - Clinical Arthritis Activity [62] 21
RAID Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease score [63] 12
RAPID 3 Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data [64] 24
RAQoL Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of life [65] 30
ROAD Recent-Onset Arthritis Disability Index [66] 12
RASE Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Questionnaire [67] 28
SACRAH Score for Assessment & Quantification of Chronic Rheumatoid Affections of the Hands [68] 23
SF-36 Short-Form Health Survey 36-item [69,70] 36
SOC-13 Sense of Coherence scale-13 [71] 13
SSQS & SQT Social Support Questionnaire Transactions & Satisfaction with supportive transactions [72] 46
SSS MOS Social Support Survey [73] 20
WOC-R Revised Ways of Coping Inventory [74] 50
10 ADLMDHAQ 10 Activities of Daily Living Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire [75] 10
14 ADLMDHAQ 14 Activities of Daily Living Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire [75] 14
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PROMs coverage of important personal factors

The ICF categories linked to the items of eight PROMs [36,45,51,59,64,68,70,76] were used from existing literature [28,77,78]. The mapping of PFs to the PROMs is depicted in Table 4.

Table 4.

Coverage of personal factors by patient-reported outcome measures

Important personal factors
PROMs Adaptation to changed living conditions Coping Eating habits & weight concerns Involvement into disease management
AIMS2-SF
APaQ
ASES + +
B-WOC-R +
BRAF MDQ
BRAF NRS +
CFQ
CIS 20R
CIS 8R
C-RAQ +
DRP
EC-17 + +
EQ-5D
FACIT-F +
FSS
GSES +
HADS
HAQ
HAQ-II
HAQ-DI
JP SES
LCRAQ + + + +
LOT-R
MAF
MFI
MHAQ
MHLC-C +
PI-HAQ
PRO-CLARA
RAID + +
RAPID 3 +
RASE +
RAQoL
ROAD
SACRAH
SF-36
SOC-13
SSQT & -S
SSS
WOC-R + +
10 ADLMDHAQ
14 ADLMDHAQ +
Important personal factors
PROMs Job satisfaction Meaningful activities for the individual/the social context Own attitudes Reflecting about one’s life in an optimistic way
AIMS2-SF
APaQ
ASES +
B-WOC-R +
BRAF MDQ
BRAF NRS
CFQ
CIS 20R
CIS 8R
C-RAQ +
DRP +
EC-17 +
EQ-5D
FACIT-F + +
FSS
GSES + +
HADS +
HAQ
HAQ-II
HAQ-DI
JP SES
LCRAQ + +
LOT-R +
MAF
MFI
MHAQ
MHLC-C + +
PI-HAQ
PRO-CLARA
RAID
RAPID 3
RASE + +
RAQoL +
ROAD
SACRAH
SF-36 +
SOC-13 + +
SSQT & -S
SSS
WOC-R +
10 ADLMDHAQ
14 ADLMDHAQ
Important personal factors
PROMs Resilience Self-efficacy Sense of coherence Social appreciation
AIMS2-SF
APaQ
ASES + +
B-WOC-R + +
BRAF MDQ
BRAF NRS
CFQ
CIS 20R
CIS 8R
C-RAQ + +
DRP
EC-17 +
EQ-5D
FACIT-F +
FSS
GSES + + +
HADS +
HAQ
HAQ-II
HAQ-DI
JP SES +
LCRAQ + + +
LOT-R + +
MAF +
MFI +
MHAQ
MHLC-C +
PI-HAQ
PRO-CLARA
RAID
RAPID 3 +
RASE + +
RAQoL +
ROAD
SACRAH
SF-36
SOC-13 +
SSQT & -S
SSS
WOC-R + +
10 ADLMDHAQ
14 ADLMDHAQ
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PROMs = abbreviated names of patient-reported outcome measures; + = personal factor is covered by the specific patient-reported outcome measures.

The PFs coping and reflecting about life in an optimistic way were covered most frequently (each by 14 PROMs), followed by resilience and self-efficacy (each by 12 PROMs). Compared to that, job satisfaction was not covered by any of the PROMs. The PF own attitudes was covered by six, involvement into disease management by five, sense of coherence by four and meaningful activities by two PROMs. Adaptation to changed living conditions, social appreciation and eating habits and weight concerns were covered once, each by the London Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire (LCRAQ) [79].

The LCRAQ covered most (nine) PFs, followed by the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) [48,49] which covered six PFs. The Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) [38], the Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (RASE) [67] and the Revised Ways of Coping Inventory (WOC-R) [74] captured five PFs each. Nineteen of the 42 explored PROMs covered no PF, including the different versions of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) except the 14 Activities of Daily Living Multidimensional HAQ (14 ADLMDHAQ) [51-53,61,75], as shown in Table 4.

Discussion

In the current study we identified 12 PFs being important in the life stories of people with RA and explored their coverage by 42 PROMs used in RA. The results of this study can support health professionals and researchers in their selection of which PROMs to use, when assessing the need for or evaluating the effect of non-pharmacological treatment in clinical practice or rehabilitation [80] targeting the identified PFs.

PFs which were found to be important to people with RA could get more emphasis in ICF-based health outcome research. For example, self-efficacy was found to facilitate the maintenance of physical activity [4] and to decrease fatigue [81], pain [82] and the development of cardiovascular risk [83,84]. Since cardiovascular diseases account for approximately 50% of mortality [85], the prevention of cardiovascular risk is an important target in the disease management of RA [86] including pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods [87]. Thus, health outcome research focusing on PFs with strong evidence for their health determining effect could be of great value to support individuals achieving their fullest functioning and health.

Due to unequal proportion of female and male participants, the identified gender differences of PFs need to be treated with caution. The findings could indicate a difference in the meaning of these PFs in the life stories between women and men with RA. Therefore, the selection of the outcomes and related PROMs should take into account potential gender differences to consider the preferences and values regarding PFs of women and men in the evaluation of health care interventions.

Even though, most of the explored PROMs were not designed to assess a range of PFs, one PROM was outstanding in its coverage of PFs: the LCRAQ which could be used to address most of the identified PFs. The GSES could be employed to measure six PFs. Additionally, the ASES, the RASE and the WOC-R were found to assess five different PFs, respectively. While the PFs coping, reflecting about one’s life in an optimistic way and sense of coherence could be assessed by all of these PROMs, adaptation to changed living conditions, eating habits and weight concerns, and social appreciation was found to be covered by the LCRAQ only. In addition, the PROMs which covered most of the PFs, could be used to measure the PFs own attitudes (except the WOC-R) and resilience (except the ASES). Consequently, one of these PROMs could be selected for the evaluation of health care interventions having regard to the different PFs important in the life stories of people with RA. However, for the use in clinical practice and research, other psychometric properties and applicability in different cultural contexts need to be considered.

Commonly used PROMs in clinically routine, e.g. the HAQ could be combined with others. Only the 14 ADLMDHAQ [75] covers PFs (n = 2), while the other versions of the HAQ do not cover any of the PFs. In addition, it would be interesting to develop RA specific PROMs that address adaptation to changed living conditions, social appreciation, eating habits and weight concerns, job satisfaction and meaningful activities, since these PFs have rarely been addressed in the PROMs. In the clinical routine and rehabilitation, health professionals such as nurses, occupational therapists or physiotherapists, may use other assessments and thus, could address PFs to complement and/or to conduce to success of pharmacological treatment for people with RA [26].

This research had some limitations. An inclusion of PROMs published in various languages could give valuable information about their potential utilization to assess PFs. Another study could include PFs important to patients of younger age to determine their coverage of PROMs, based on previous research [88]. In addition, further studies could focus on the perspectives of patients of different cultural backgrounds or specific person groups such as parents or patients with recent onset. The so called member checking method could have contributed to the credibility of the findings. In the current project we explored the content validity of PROMs, referring to their coverage of concepts which are relevant to the target population [89]. Despite determining PROMs’ content validity, a critical appraisal of other measurement properties could have provided additional important information. However, we did not explore other psychometric properties of the selected PROMs since this was not the focus of our study. Additional studies are warranted to generalize the findings of the current project to other people with RA.

Conclusion

Taken together, the identified PFs are important in the life stories of people with RA and could be addressed in clinical practice and rehabilitation by different health professionals in order to support their patients’ functioning and health. The LCRAQ, the GSES, the ASES, the RASE and the WOC-R could be used when assessing the need for or evaluating health care interventions targeting the identified PFs and thus contribute to an increasing benefit for people with RA. Furthermore the findings can be used for further development of existing PROMs and to guide their use in clinical practice, rehabilitation and research.

Acknowledgements

We thank patients for their participation and the important contributions for this study. We thank authors for the provision of “unavailable” PROMs. Furthermore we thank Herta Resch for the interview transcription and Alexa Binder for extracting relevant information about PROMs in the respective literature. The current study, as a part of a larger project was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): [P21912-B09]. The FWF did not review the manuscript nor had any influence over the manuscript content.

Funding

Partly funded by a restricted grant of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): [P21912-B09].

Data sharing statement

Data from this study will be made available upon request to the corresponding author (TAS), in accordance with relevant guidelines from the funding agency and the ethical approval of the ethic committee of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Abbreviations

ASES

Arthritis self-efficacy scale

GSES

General self-efficacy scale

HAQ

Health assessment questionnaire

ICF

International classification of functioning, disability and health

LCRAQ

London coping with rheumatoid arthritis questionnaire

MDHAQ

Multidimensional health assessment questionnaire

PF (s)

Personal factor (s)

PROM (s)

Patient-reported outcome measure (s)

RA

Rheumatoid arthritis

RASE

The rheumatoid arthritis self-efficacy questionnaire

WOC-R

Revised ways of coping inventory

Footnotes

Veronika Fialka-Moser deceased.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors’ contributions

MD, JS, and TAS were involved into conception and design, the acquisition of data, the analysis and interpretation of data, wrote the draft manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript. RD assisted the data acquisition, analysis and interpretation, and the draft version, and finally gave advice on editing of manuscript. AK-W and VF-M gave substantial contributions to conception and design, supported the acquisition of the data, have been involved in revising the draft manuscript critically, and finally approved the manuscript considered for publication. MC, IK, MAS, MM and CB supported the analysis and interpretation of the data, contributed substantially to the draft manuscript and approved the final version. The authors have taken an active part in the study and take responsibility for its contents. The FWF did not have any influence on the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Contributor Information

Mona Dür, Email: mona.duer@fh-krems.ac.at.

Michaela Coenen, Email: michaela.coenen@med.uni-muenchen.de.

Michaela Alexandra Stoffer, Email: michaela.stoffer@meduniwien.ac.at.

Veronika Fialka-Moser, Email: mona.duer@fh-krems.ac.at.

Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Email: alexandra.kautzky-willer@meduniwien.ac.at.

Ingvild Kjeken, Email: ingvild.kjeken@diakonsyk.no.

Răzvan Gabriel Drăgoi, Email: rdragoi@gmail.com.

Malin Mattsson, Email: malin.mattsson@nll.se.

Carina Boström, Email: carina.bostrom@ki.se.

Josef Smolen, Email: josef.smolen@meduniwien.ac.at.

Tanja Alexandra Stamm, Email: tanja.stamm@meduniwien.ac.at.

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