Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Social aspects of living with rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative descriptive study in Soweto, South Africa – a low resource context | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Social aspects of living with rheumatoid arthritis a qualitative descriptive study in Soweto South Africa - a low resource context Marguerite Schneider 41 2 Esther Manabile41 3 and Mohammed Tikly44 Address 1Child Youth Family and Social Development Human Sciences Research Council Pretoria 2School of Public Health Health Sciences Faculty University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg 3South African Qualifications Authority Pretoria South Africa and 4Division of Rheumatology Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa Email Marguerite Schneider - mschneider@ Esther Manabile - emanabile@ Mohammed Tikly - tiklym@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 24 July 2008 Received 15 January 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 54 doi 1477-7525-6-54 Accepted 24 July 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 54 2008 Schneider et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Rheumatoid Arthritis RA is a chronic illness with important functional social and employment consequences. We therefore undertook a cross-sectional study using the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health framework to investigate the personal and social consequences of RA in women living under largely impoverished conditions. Methods A qualitative case study design was used with a convenience sample of 60 women with RA living in Soweto South Africa. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted to cover a range of .
