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The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis in China: A systematic review.
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- The Depression Prevalence in Chinese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2023Pooled it
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- Rheumatoid arthritis-associated depression: focusing on the interactions between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- A qualitative survey on factors affecting depression and anxiety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study in Syria.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prevalence and Effects on Disease Activity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The frequency and factors affecting anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Reumatologia · 2023Article
- Association between chronic diseases and depression in the middle-aged and older adult Chinese population-a seven-year follow-up study based on CHARLS.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Determinants of Depressive Symptoms Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in China: A Structural Equation Model.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Narrative Review-Diagnostic Challenges, Pathogenic Mechanisms and Effects.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- The burden of rheumatoid arthritis in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990-2019.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The method of Yiqi Yangyin Tongluo can attenuate the pyroptosis of rheumatoid arthritis chondrocytes through the ASIC1a/NLRP3 signaling pathway.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
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- Research progress on rheumatoid arthritis-associated depression.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Review
- Serum progranulin level is associated with disease activity following orthopedic surgery in rheumatoid arthritis patients.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Prevalence of depression among Iranian patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2019Review
- Postpartum Depression and Subsequent Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
This systematic review is to explore the prevalence of depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in China. Articles of prevalence rates for depression in adult RA patients published before October 2015 were identified from PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, VIP, and Wanfang database and other internet databases. Relevant journals and the recommendations of expert panels were also searched manually. Two independent reviewers searched and assessed the literature. Therelevant data were applied with Meta-Analyst 3.13 software, and the forest plot and funnel plot were performed. 21 studies with a total of 4447 patients were selected to be enrolled in this study. The prevalence of depression by analyzing the effect size was 48% [95% CI (41%, 56%)]. The prevalence of minor depression and dysthymic disorder was 30% [95%CI (23%, 38%)], and the moderate or major depression was 18% [95%CI (11%, 29%)], respectively. Subgroup analysis showed that the depression rate of female RA patients was higher than male. The depression rate in the central and western areas were higher than that of the eastern region of China, the prevalence level estimated by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was higher than estimated by other tools. Sensitivity analysis showed that the pooled effect size had good stability and reliability, To be conclusive, the prevalence rate of depression in RA patients is 48%, which suggesting that medical staff should pay more attention to depression in adult patients with RA.
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