<b>Activities limitation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross sectional study</b>

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto immune disease leads to progressive destruction of synovial membrane of joints, causing pain, deformity and functional limitation, which results in severe disability in performing daily and professional activities. The burden of rheumatoid arthritis RA in general population varies high in females. The most common cause of rheumatoid arthritis in individual life is activities limitations. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that should be examined and assessed carefully in the general peoples as well as in patients , because if this disease is identified later can lead to a state of irreversible damage of the articular cartilage of the joints , which can lead further disability and increases activities limitation . Objective: to asses activities limitation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Methodology: Total of 132 patients in the study. Data was collected at rheumatology OPD at arif diagnostic hospital and research center Hayatabad Peshawar. Data from patients were collected through health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) convenient sampling technique was used, data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Result: total of 132 participated, ranging in age from 25-60 years, mean age was 47.6±10.3. Female patients were more than male patients. Out of 132 patients 2 67.4% have female patients and 32.6% were have male patients with rheumatoid arthritis Conclusion: most of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis were having activities limitations in their daily life. in term of severity most patients were have moderate pain . Keywords: activities limitation, rheumatoid arthritis, HAQ