Alikari Victoria, Sachlas Athanasios, Giatrakou Stavroula, Stathoulis John, Fradelos Evagelos, Theofilou Paraskevi, Lavdaniti Maria, Zyga Sofia
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece.
Faculty of Finance and Statistics, Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;987:243-256. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57379-3_22.
An important factor which influences the quality of life of patients with arthritis is the fatigue they experience. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between fatigue and quality of life among patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Between January 2015 and March 2015, 179 patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis completed the Fatigue Assessment Scale and the Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index-15 (MVQoLI-15). The study was conducted in Rehabilitation Centers located in the area of Peloponnese, Greece. Data related to sociodemographic characteristics and their individual medical histories were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 19. The analysis did not reveal statistically significant correlation between fatigue and quality of life neither in the total sample nor among patients with osteoarthritis (r = -0.159; p = 0.126) or rheumatoid arthritis. However, there was a statistically significant relationship between some aspects of fatigue and dimensions of quality of life. Osteoarthritis patients had statistically significant lower MVQoLI-15 score than rheumatoid arthritis patients (13.73 ± 1.811 vs 14.61 ± 1.734) and lower FAS score than rheumatoid patients (26.14 ± 3.668 vs 29.94 ± 3.377) (p-value < 0.001). The finding that different aspects of fatigue may affect dimensions of quality of life may help health care professionals by proposing the early treatment of fatigue in order to gain benefits for quality of life.
影响关节炎患者生活质量的一个重要因素是他们所经历的疲劳。本研究的目的是评估骨关节炎和类风湿关节炎患者疲劳与生活质量之间的关系。在2015年1月至2015年3月期间，179例骨关节炎和类风湿关节炎患者完成了疲劳评估量表和米苏拉 - 维塔斯生活质量指数 - 15（MVQoLI - 15）。该研究在希腊伯罗奔尼撒地区的康复中心进行。记录了与社会人口统计学特征及其个人病史相关的数据。使用IBM SPSS Statistics 19版进行统计分析。分析未显示在总样本中，以及骨关节炎患者（r = -0.159；p = 0.126）或类风湿关节炎患者中，疲劳与生活质量之间存在统计学上的显著相关性。然而，疲劳的某些方面与生活质量维度之间存在统计学上的显著关系。骨关节炎患者的MVQoLI - 15评分在统计学上显著低于类风湿关节炎患者（13.73±1.811对14.61±1.734），FAS评分低于类风湿患者（26.14±3.668对29.94±3.377）（p值<0.001）。疲劳的不同方面可能影响生活质量维度这一发现，可能有助于医护人员通过建议早期治疗疲劳来提高生活质量。
