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Social Role Experiences of Women Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sandra K. Plach, Ph.D., R.N., C.C.R.N.

College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Patricia E. Stevens, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Vicki A. Moss, D.NSc., R.N.

College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

This study was designed as the qualitative arm of a larger quantitative study (N= 156) of the relationships among social role quality, physical health, and psychological well-being of women living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A subset of 20 midlife and late-life women from this larger sample participated in semistructured interviews with the specific aims of investigating how fulfilling they found social roles to be, including their spouse, mother, worker, and homemaker roles, while contending with RA, and what circumstances made social role experiences more positive. The results of the current followup qualitative study illustrate how difficult it can be to fulfill social roles during exacerbations of the illness in their formative adult years. The circumstance that best facilitated their positive experience in social roles was the unburdening of social role obligations as they grew older. Implications for nursing practice are discussed.

Key Words: women • social roles • arthritis • chronic disease

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 10, No. 1, 33-49 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840703261065
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