Coping with rheumatic stressors in longstanding axial spondyloarthritis: association with patient and disease characteristics

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• To investigate how coping strategies in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) relate to personal and disease characteristics.
• Analyzed coping strategies in patients with longstanding axSpA.
• Assessed the influence of stable personal traits versus variable health scores.
• Evaluated the stability of coping strategies over time.
• Coping strategies were more closely aligned with stable personal traits.
• Health scores had lesser influence on coping strategy variations.
• Coping strategies showed consistency over time.