Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2000
EDITORIAL
1 New Directions for Arthritis Care and Research
Gene G. Hunder
2 Arthritis Care and Research On-Line
Gene G. Hunder
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
3 Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Who Participates in Long-Term Research and Who Drops Out?
Susan Reisine, Judith Fifield, and Darlene K. Winkelman
11 Loss of Physical Independence in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Interview Data from a Representative Sample of Patients in Rheumatologic Care
Gisela Westhoff, Joachim Listing, and Angela Zink
23 Implications of Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Do Subtypes Really Matter?
Karen L. Smarr, Jerry C. Parker, John F. Kosciulek, Janda L. Buchholz, Karen D. Multon, John E. Hewett, and Geetha R. Komatireddy
33 The Relationship of Daily Mood and Stressful Events to Symptoms in Juvenile Rheumatic Disease
Laura E. Schanberg, Marlene J. Sandstrom, Kathleen Starr, Karen M. Gil, John C. Lefebvre, Francis J. Keefe, Glenn Affleck, and Howard Tennen
42 Quality of Life Issues for Fibromyalgia Patients
Amy L. Bernard, Alice Prince, and Patricia Edsall
51 A Naturalistic Evaluation of Cortisol Secretion in Persons with Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Delwyn Catley, Alan T. Kaell, Clemens Kirschbaum, and Arthur A. Stone
BRIEF REPORT
62 Determining Sensitivity to Change in Outcome Measures Used to Evaluate Hydrotherapy Exercise Programs for People with Rheumatic Diseases
Sydney C. Lineker, Elizabeth M. Badley, Gillian Hawker, and Annette Wilkins
LETTER
66 Which Factors Really Influence the Course of Ankylosing Spondylitis?
Albrecht Falkenbach
67 ANNOUNCEMENTS
