Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude in a Sample of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Association with Disease Activity and Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51147#.VFbi92fHRK0 Author(s) Sami Salman 1 , Ahmad SAlnuaimi 2 , Nizar Abdul Lateef 1 , Rana Kadhum 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq . 2 Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq . ABSTRACT Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and disabling disease that has a major impact on the lives of patients. Objectives: To test the patients’ knowledge about their disease, it’s treatment, its complications, and if this affects severity of the disease as measured by the disease activity index (DA...