Snezana Tomasevic-Todorovic
Faculty of Medicine,
Iran
Research Article
Motor Ability and Emotions in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Author(s): Snezana Tomasevic-Todorovic, Fahad Hanna, Ksenija Boskovic, Danka Filipovic, Vladimir Vidovic and Karmela FilipovicSnezana Tomasevic-Todorovic, Fahad Hanna, Ksenija Boskovic, Danka Filipovic, Vladimir Vidovic and Karmela Filipovic
Objective: The aim is to determine the influence of emotional status on motor response velocity in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis.
Materials and Method: The study included 53 women with rheumatoid arthritis and 27 healthy women.
Depression was diagnosed using the Beck Scale for Depression (Beck Depression Inventory-BDI), anxiety using
Spielberger’s anxiety test (Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory-State and Traité), functional status (Health Assessment
Questionnaire, HAQ), and disease activity using the activity index disease (DAS 28). Simple and choice reaction
time was determined using a computer program Donders.
Results: Mean visuomotor reaction time (RT1, RT2, RT3) were significantly lower in the group of patients with
rheumatoid arthritis than in the control group (p<0.001). In the group of anxious-depres.. View More»
