Prevalence of Obsessive beliefs in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients and compared with healthy peoples

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most prevalent inflammatory disease of the joints in addition to physical disability, psychological distress is frequently seen in these patients; The aim of this study was to prevalence of Obsessive beliefs in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients and compared with healthy peoples. In a causal-comparative study, ۱۰۰ persons (۵۰ patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ۵۰ healthy peoples were selected using convenience sampling method and Demographic questionnaires and Obsessive beliefs (OBQ-۴۴) completed. Data using descriptive statistics and statistical analysis Independent T-test were analyzed.The results showed that ۹۲% of RA patients were eligible and obsessive beliefs and about the components of obsessive beliefs ۸۸% in the field of "Perfection and certainty", ۸۴% in the field of "responsibility and risk assessment and threat", ۵۰% in the field of "the importance and thought control", ۴۲% in the field of "common factor" and ۸% in the field of "completing the" obsessive beliefs were eligible. Compare the two groups showed that in the field of "obsessive beliefs (total)", "Perfection and certainty", "sense of responsibility and threat assessment" and "common cause" significant differences, but on "the importance of thought control" and "Full perform the" difference was not significant.

Keywords:

Obsessive beliefs , Rheumatoid arthritis , Healthy people , باورهای وسواسی , آرتریت روماتوئید , افراد سالم