ArticleReumatologia2021
Anxiety and depression are common in rheumatoid arthritis and correlate with poor quality of life in Indian patients.
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- Quality of life and multiple long-term conditions in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Suicidal ideation and interrelated psychiatric disturbances in rheumatoid arthritis: Evidence from a Vietnamese cohort.PloS one · 2026Article
- Preclinical Evaluation of Nanoemulsion and Polymeric Nanocapsule Delivery Systems of 4-(Phenylselanyl)-2H-Chromen-2-One for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Comorbidities.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Burden of rheumatoid arthritis in India from 1990 to 2021: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Database.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Sleep Quality is Poor in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Correlates with Anxiety, Depression, and Poor Quality of Life.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2024Article
- Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prevalence and Effects on Disease Activity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The role of inflammatory biomarkers in the association between rheumatoid arthritis and depression: a Mendelian randomization study.Inflammopharmacology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Depression and Anxiety in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic.Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Anxiety and depression in rheumatoid arthritis patients: prevalence, risk factors and consistency between the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Zung's Self-rating Anxiety Scale/Depression Scale.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2023Article
- From Low-Grade Inflammation in Osteoarthritis to Neuropsychiatric Sequelae: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Narrative Review-Diagnostic Challenges, Pathogenic Mechanisms and Effects.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe planned this study to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and its correlation with quality of life (QOL) in these patients. MATERIAL AND
methodsEighty-eight patients (76 females) were included in this cross-sectional study. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to assess anxiety and depression. Quality of life was measured using the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF. The severity of pain was measured by 100-millimetre-long Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and functional disability was measured by using the Indian version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). The disease activity was measured by Disease Activity Score for 28 joints with 3 variables.
resultsProbable anxiety and depression were seen in 61 (69%) and 68 (77%) of the patients, respectively. Patients with anxiety had more severe pain (VAS 53.8 ±26.4 vs. 39.7 ±26.1,
conclusionsAnxiety and depression correlated with poor QOL in all 4 domains of the WHOQOL-BREF. Higher HADS scores had a negative effect on all the domains of the WHOQOL-BREF and predicted more severe pain in RA patients. Thus, patients with RA need to be screened and treated for underlying anxiety and depression to improve their QOL, pain, and functional status.
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