Interview and Rationale Summary for Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Interview and rationale summary (one doc or docx file format) that includes:
The five completed interview sheets about the clinical
model (Step 2A)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Interview 1 date: 18-12-2018
Interviewee background (optional)
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Occupation: Not Disclosed.
Q1: What symptoms does this disease have?
Answer: On the top my head, I think pain in the joints. And.... I think there is also swelling and stiffness
present with it.
Q2: What causes this disease?
Answer: Honestly, I have no idea. But I do know that women are more affected and obesity is a risk
factor.
Q3: How does this disease affect the quality of life of the patient?
Answer: Pain in the joints makes walking difficult and it becomes painful to move the hands, so
disrupting the activities of daily living.
Q4: Who are the most affected people in the Australian population?
Answer: If I have to guess, I think women aged above 40 years.
Q5: How is this disease diagnosed?
Answer: I don’t know... X – Rays may be.
Q6: How is this disease treated?
Answer: Medicine maybe (Laughs)... I don’t know to be frank... (Giggles).
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Q7: What else do you know about this disease?
Answer: I think food rich with fibre are good for management of the condition
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Interview 2 date: 18-12-2018
Interviewee background (optional)
Gender: Female
Age: 52
Occupation: Homemaker
Q1: What symptoms does this disease have?
Answer: There is swelling of the joints, stiffness of the joint. This is accompanied by pain and redness of
the area.
Q2: What causes this disease?
Answer: As far as I remember, it is caused due to an autoimmune condition.
Q3: How does this disease affect the quality of life of the patient?
Answer: It affects the physical health of the patients and also has an impact on the environmental
factors like cold weather. It also effects the level of independence of the patient as it limits the patient’s
movement.
Q4: Who are the most affected people in the Australian population?
Answer: Older population as per as my knowledge, mainly the older women.
Q5: How is this disease diagnosed?
Answer: It is diagnosed through the signs and symptoms and the physical examination which checks the
swelling and other imaging tests like X-Rays.
Q6: How is this disease treated?
Answer: My mother has this condition and she has been treated with anti-inflammatory medications like
NSAIDs.
Q7: What else do you know about this disease?
Answer: It mainly causes joint pain on both sides of the body affecting mainly the arms and the legs.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Interview 3 date: 19-12-2018
Interviewee background (optional)
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Occupation: Not Disclosed.
Q1: What symptoms does this disease have?
Answer: I believe that pain in the joints, joint stiffness and swelling of joints.
Q2: What causes this disease?
Answer: In my opinion, protein rich diet causes this disease. To be straightforward I don’t know all the
details.
Q3: How does this disease affect the quality of life of the patient?
Answer: I believe it will be the inability of movement and as a consequence, inability to translocate
properly.
Q4: Who are the most affected people in the Australian population?
Answer: I feel like it will affect the aged people mostly to be straightforward.
Q5: How is this disease diagnosed?
Answer: Identification of the specific symptoms I think. There might be few tests for this rheumatoid
arthritis but I have no idea about it.
Q6: How is this disease treated?
Answer: As far as I know, there is no specific medication or treatment for this disease only management.
Q7: What else do you know about this disease?
Answer: It mainly affects the aged people. That’s all I know.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Interview 4 date: 19-12-2018
Interviewee background (optional)
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Occupation: Not Disclosed
Q1: What symptoms does this disease have?
Answer: In my opinion, I think it will be severe and uncontrollable joint paint, followed by deformities
such as ‘hammer toes’.
Q2: What causes this disease?
Answer: I believe it is an auto-immune disorder which causes inflammation in the synovial spaces.
Q3: How does this disease affect the quality of life of the patient?
Answer: The mobility of the patient is hampered, I think. You know the patient will have severe and
uncontrollable joint paint. Patient will also be fatigued.
Q4: Who are the most affected people in the Australian population?
Answer: Females mainly aged 40 years and above, I believe.
Q5: How is this disease diagnosed?
Answer: In my point of view, joint examination for swelling, pain and warmth. Also, X-Rays can be used
for diagnosis I think.
Q6: How is this disease treated?
Answer: I think NSAIDs and corticosteroid medications can be used to treating the disease.
Q7: What else do you know about this disease?
Answer: Since it is due to inflammation, a diet rich in antioxidants may prove to be beneficial for
treatment.
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