Search for: [Abstract = "y, manageability and meaningfulness.The purpose of the thesis\: The purpose of the thesis was to evaluate the needs and the level of coherence of the patients with RA.Material and methods\: The research was conducted by using the diagnostic poll method, the survey technique. The level of coherence was evaluated, with particular attention paid to the sense of manageability, meaningfulness and comprehensibility. The sense of manageability was studied with the use of standardized tools\: the Short\-Form Health Survey \(SF\-36\) and the Generalized Self\-Efficacy Scale \(GSES\). The sense of meaningfulness was assessed with the use of the Satisfaction with Life Scale \(SWLS\) and the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors \(ISSB\) Short\-Form. Using the Acceptance of Illness Scale \(AIS\), the sense of comprehensibility was studied. In order to determine the needs of patients with RA, an authorial questionnaire was employed\: Needs of Patients with Rheumatism Scale \(NPR\).The research was conducted among patients being in the period of exacerbation \(100 patients\) and in the period of remission \(24 patients\). The results of the study were compared with the group of healthy people \(who don’t suffer from RA\) \(126 people\). The study was carried out in the Departments of Rheumatology and in outpatient Clinics of Rheumatology of J. Dietl Specialist Hospital and in The University Hospital in Cracow.Stat"]

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