ArticleReumatologia2023
The prevalence and correlation of depression and anxiety with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.
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- Relationship among symptoms of anxiety, psychosomatic, and coping in adults with rheumatoid arthritis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Underrecognized depressive and anxiety symptoms in inflammatory arthritis: implications for systematic screening using PHQ-9 and GAD-7.Rheumatology international · 2026Observational
- Beyond Inflammation: Associations of Depression and Anxiety With Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Cureus · 2026Article
- Impact of interventions to prevent anxiety and depression in people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions: a systematic review.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2026Review
- Suicidal ideation and interrelated psychiatric disturbances in rheumatoid arthritis: Evidence from a Vietnamese cohort.PloS one · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Zanzibar: a prospective cohort study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Exercise therapy for improving cardiovascular health in rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology international · 2024Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Depression and anxiety share similar symptoms with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and these conditions are often not diagnosed or overlooked in RA. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression/anxiety in RA and their correlation with RA activity. Material and methods: Rheumatoid arthritis patients who presented at a rheumatology clinic were selected consecutively. The diagnosis of RA was confirmed by the ACR/EULAR criteria, disease activity was assessed by Disease Activity Score based on the 28-joint count (DAS28) and patients with DAS28 > 2.6 were considered to have active RA. The diagnosis of depression and anxiety was made by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The Pearson test was used to determine the correlation between DAS28 and HADS scores. Results: Two-hundred patients (female, 82%) with a mean age of 53.5 ±10.1 years and mean disease duration of 6.6 ±6.8 years were studied. Depression was diagnosed in 27 (13.5%) patients and anxiety in 38 (19%) patients. The DAS28 score correlated positively with depression ( Conclusions: These findings indicate that depression and anxiety are prevalent in RA and correlate positively with active disease in particular in depressive female patients aged < 40 years.
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