ArticleArthritis2018
Burden of Depression among Working-Age Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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- Depression Treatment Expenditures for Adults in the USA: a Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Pooled it
- Efficacy of baricitinib in patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis with 3 years of treatment: results from a long-term study.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2021Trial
- Depression, Anxiety, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Findings from a National Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Direct Economic Burden of Post-Cancer Treatment Pain Among Cancer Survivors in the United States: A Population-Based Retrospective Longitudinal Study.The International journal of health planning and management · 2025Article
- Validation of the Vietnamese version of the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS) in rheumatoid arthritis patients.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Economic and Humanistic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From the US National Survey Data 2018-2020.ACR open rheumatology · 2024Article
- Patterns and prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.Reumatologia · 2024Article
- Chronic pain trials often exclude people with comorbid depressive symptoms: A secondary analysis of 346 randomized controlled trials.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2023Article
- Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Narrative Review-Diagnostic Challenges, Pathogenic Mechanisms and Effects.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Post-approval Safety Surveillance Study of Golimumab in the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease Using a United States Healthcare Claims Database.Clinical drug investigation · 2020Observational
- Role of depressive symptoms in the health-related quality of life of Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Results from a tertiary care center.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Anxiety impacts rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and health-related quality of life even at low levels.Clinical and experimental rheumatologyObservational
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Abstract
objectiveThis study estimated the excess clinical, humanistic, and economic burden associated with depression among working-age adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among working-age (18 to 64 years) RA patients with depression (
resultsOverall, 25.8% had depression. In adjusted analyses, adults with RA and depression compared to those without depression were significantly more likely to have pain interference with normal work (severe pain: AOR = 2.22; 95% CI = 1.55, 3.18), functional limitations (AOR = 2.17; 95% CI = 1.61, 2.94), and lower mental health HRQoL scores. Adults with RA and depression had significantly higher annual healthcare expenditures ($14,752 versus 10,541,
conclusionsThis study highlights the importance of effectively managing depression in routine clinical practice of RA patients to reduce pain and functional limitations, improve quality of life, and lower direct and indirect healthcare costs.
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