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JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
Volume 164, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111074
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Cognitive appraisals; Depressive symptoms; Illness beliefs; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis
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This review assessed the relationship between cognitive appraisals, illness beliefs, and indicators of adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis. The findings showed that both cognitive appraisals and illness beliefs were associated with indicators such as depressive symptom severity, anxiety, and acceptance levels. Future longitudinal research is needed to further understand the impact of cognitive factors on adaptation level and its trajectories over time.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that negatively affects functioning; however, the relationship between cognitive appraisals and illness-related beliefs and adaptation indices remains unclear. Objective: The aim of this review was to assess the relationship between cognitive appraisals, illness beliefs and indicators of adaptation to life with a chronic disease, such as the severity of depressive symptoms, anxiety, and quality of life.Methods: A database search was carried out between May 13 and 18, 2022, with no time restrictions. Thirty studies (5 related to cognitive appraisals, 25 related to illness beliefs) were identified.Results: The studies identified in the review were of satisfactory quality. An analysis of the articles allowed for a meta-analysis focusing on the relationship between the belief related to illness consequences and the severity of depressive symptoms, which gave an overall correlation estimate of 0.50 [0.44-0.56].Conclusion: Both cognitive appraisals and illness beliefs are related to indicators of rheumatoid arthritis adap-tation, such as depressive symptom severity, anxiety and acceptance levels. Further longitudinal research would be crucial in further elucidating the impact of cognitive factors on adjustment level and its trajectories over time.Clinical trial registration: Review was pre-registered at https://osf.io/gd9cw (DOI:http://10.17605/OSF. IO/GD9CW).
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