Quality of life and sense of coherence in people with arthritis Germano, D., Misajon, R. and Cummins, Robert 2001, Quality of life and sense of coherence in people with arthritis, Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 253-261, doi: 10.1023/A:1011964729100. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Quality of life and sense of coherence in people with arthritis Author(s) Germano, D. Misajon, R. Cummins, Robert orcid.org/0000-0001-9014-7193 Journal name Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings Volume number 8 Issue number 4 Start page 253 End page 261 Publisher Springer Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2001-12 ISSN 1068-9583 1573-3572 Keyword(s) subjective quality of life sense of coherence arthritis pain Summary This study investigated the physical and psychological impact of arthritis on people's quality of life. A range of variables were examined in a sample of 375 participants who comprised three groups: people with arthritis receiving a support-based service from the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria, people with arthritis receiving standard treatment, and a group of people from the general population. The results revealed that the two arthritis groups reported a significantly higher level of functional impairment, pain, and negative affectivity, and lowered mood, positive affect, and Sense of Coherence, compared to the general population group. They also reported normal levels of importance, but lower levels of satisfaction on various life domains. After statistically controlling for pain however, group differences were eliminated on all variables except for functional impairment and for all satisfaction domains except health. These data are interpreted as evidence that the combination of low domain satisfaction coupled with high domain importance yields a negative psychological state. This, then suggests the possibility of a therapy based on reducing the perceived importance of health. Language eng DOI 10.1023/A:1011964729100 Field of Research 170113 Social and Community Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001364 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 29 Jan 2009, 14:49:08 EST Tue, 16 Nov 2010, 15:06:06 EST Thu, 09 Dec 2010, 08:42:58 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:32:14 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 20 times in TR Web of Science Cited 24 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 956 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 07:54:52 EST