Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
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Historical Article
[History of the German Society for the Abatement of Rheumatism 1927-1945].
The need to unite physicians working in the field of rheumatology in a medical society became clear following statistical analysis in the 1920s, which showed the significant economic loss resulting rheumatological disease. An international association of physicians active in the field of balneology was established in 1926 in Piestany in today's Slovakia. In 1927, the "German Section of the International Committee of Research and Therapy of Rheumatism" was founded in Bad Schreiberhau. ⋯ The takeover of the National Socialists lead to a reorganisation of the society. The leaders insisted on a change in the previous democratic constitution to the so-called "Führerprinzip" (leader principle). The outbreak of war in 1939 lead to a further cesura in the activities of the society, which were impeded by personal and material deficiencies and were ceased in 1945 due to the war.
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The purpose of the present study is to describe the frequency and potential determinants of occupational therapy routine services in patients with rheumatic diseases. The study is based on a secondary analysis of the RheumaDat database. The results of the survey on 907 patients were analyzed regarding frequency of occupational therapy routine services and related sociodemographic and disease-specific variables. ⋯ Patients from this group receiving occupational therapy were older, had a longer duration of disease and were more affected. No clear appraisal of the therapy status in the rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia group could be made. The results indicate shortages and the lack of a clear system in occupational therapy routine services in patients with different rheumatic diseases.