“Study of sleep problem in rheumatoid Arthritis and its impact on disease Activity, pain perception and functional Disablity- a one year cross sectional Study at kle’s dr prabhakar kore’s Hospital and research centre, belagavi, Karnataka”

Abstract

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune illness that causes inflammatory arthritis as well as extra-articular involvement. Sleep disturbances in RA are associated with variety of other problems more than physical pain including low quality of life, psychological issues, cognitive decline and high rate of mortality and morbidity. Present study aimed to sleep disturbances in rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on disease activity, pain perception and functional disability.