Longitudinal study on the association between stress/personality and the prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21590765
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General internal medicine (including Psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: NAGANO Jun 九州大学, 健康科学センター, 准教授 (10325483)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: ストレス科学 / 関節リウマチ / ストレス / パーソナリティ

Research Abstract

Stress is determined not only by stressors but also by personality as responding pattern(personality) to stressors. The repression of negative, especially aggressive emotions is a personality factor that has long been received considerable attention as relevant to the onset/course of rheumatoid arthritis, but even to date little prospective studies have been reported on this issue. This multicenter cohort study showed that the“rationality/antiemotionality", previously reported as a risk factor for the onset of rheumatoid arthritis by Grossarth-Maticek et al, may also be predictive for the functional prognosis of patients with this disease.