Figure 1.
Flow chart showing participant selection and drop-out.
Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, disease severity, and medical regimen of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the intervention and control groups*.
Table 2.
Means (± SEM) and estimated marginal means (± SEM) of psychological and physical outcomes of patients in the intervention condition (IC: n = 40) and the control condition (CC: n = 34) pre- and post-treatment, and at follow-up.
Figure 2.
Self-reported response to stress.
Mean stress-induced VAS tension levels (± SEM) in the intervention (IC) and control (CC) conditions post-treatment (left; IC, n = 40; CC, n = 34) and at follow-up (right; IC, n = 36; CC, n = 31).
Figure 3.
Mean stress-induced α-amylase levels (± SEM) of patients in the intervention (IC) and control (CC) conditions at post-treatment (left; ICAA = 9; CCAA = 3) and at follow-up (right; ICAA = 35; CCAA = 31).
Figure 4.
Mean stress-induced cortisol levels (± SEM) in the intervention (IC) and control (CC) conditions post-treatment (left; IC, n = 39; CC, n = 32) and at follow-up (right; IC, n = 34; CC, n = 31).
Table 3.
Area under the curve (AUCg) for cortisol (means ± SEM) in the intervention (IC) and control (CC) conditions post-treatment and at follow-up.