Effectiveness of non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions on the impact of rheumatoid arthritis

• Author(s): Santos, Eduardo ; Duarte, Cátia ; Marques, Andréa ; Cardoso, Daniela ; Apóstolo, João ; Silva, José A. P. ; Barbieri-Figueiredo, MC
• Date: 2019
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/32498
• Origin: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto
• Subject(s): Health impact assessment; Non-pharmacological strategy; Rheumatoid arthritis
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Comum

Description

Review question: The questions of this review are: i) What is the effectiveness of non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions on pain, functional disability, fatigue, emotional wellbeing, sleep, coping and physical wellbeing of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? ii) What is the effectiveness of non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions on the improvement of RA and quality of life for patients with RA?