Search for: [Abstract = "Both were lower in the patients being in the period of exacerbation than in the patients in the period of remission. In the groups of RA patients, mental functioning was better than physical functioning. Among the patients with RA, being in the period of exacerbation, low and medium feeling of life satisfaction was dominating. In the period of remission, it was medium. Social support for RA patients in the period of exacerbation was similar to the level of social support for healthy people. Social support for patients with RA in the period of remission was definitely lower than in the case of patients being in the period of exacerbation. The RA patients in the period of exacerbation had low sense of their own effectiveness. It was high in the period of remission. In the period of remission they represented higher level of acceptance of the disease than patients who were in the period of exacerbation. The RA patients being in the period of exacerbation had their needs satisfied to a lower degree than the patients in the period of remission. Among the patients being in the period of exacerbation, the level of manageability was 54%, the level of meaningfulness was 47%, and the level of comprehensibility reached 51%. The general level of coherence for this group of patients was evaluated as 51%. Among the patients being in the period of remission, the level of manageability achieved 69%, the level of meaningfulness was 45%, and the level of comprehensibility – 74%. The general level of coherence for this group of patients was evaluated as 63%. The level of coherence of the RA patients in the period of remission was higher than in the RA patients being in the period of exacerbation.Conclusions\: All components evaluating the sense of manageability and comprehensibility were higher in the RA patients being in the period of remission comparing to patients in the exacerbation period. Among the RA patients with exacerbation, the level of meaningfulness was higher than in the patients being in the period of remission. Patients with RA in the period of remission had higher general level of coherence than RA patients in the period of exacerbation.It is crucial to identify the level of coherence of the patients with RA and the individual needs of these patients, and help them to achieve the satisfactory needs, to maintain the self\-care ability of patients. Appropriate care of RA patients could decrease the economic, social and family costs related to this disease."]

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