Aim: The general aim of this thesis is to explore participation in the everyday life of persons
with RA over a decade, and in relation to this investigate the influence of significant others …

Purpose: To describe the meaning of significant others in relation to participation in
everyday life of persons with early diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Materials and …

Background Support from significant others is important for participation in everyday life for
persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Meanwhile, significant others also experience …

Bij behandeling reumatoïde artritis: steun van familie en vrienden belangrijk Reumatoïde
artritis (RA) is een chronische invaliderende ziekte met een onbekende oorzaak en een …

Objectives: Research suggests that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can have a negative
psychosocial impact on partners, as well as patients. However, until now there has been …

Objective To explore how patients and relatives experience and talk together about their life
with inflammatory arthritis. Design Qualitative research. Setting A convenience sample was …

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse how support from significant others affects
the associations between disease-related variables and sickness absence during the first 2 …

Objectives To explore how social interactions at the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
influence help‐seeking behaviour from the perspectives of those with RA and their …

Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients
with different levels of restriction in social participation differ in disease related as well as …

Purpose: The aim of was to identify and illustrate in what situations and with what qualities
people with early RA experience participation in every day's life. Methods: Fifty-nine patients …