Longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and clinical factors in ankylosing spondylitis patients: analysis from an observational cohort.
Mark C HwangMin Jae LeeLianne S GenslerMichael M WardMatthew A BrownSeth EisenThomas J LearchAmirali TahananMohammad H RahbarMariko L IshimoriMichael H WeismanJohn D ReveillePublished in: Rheumatology international (2020)
This study identified longitudinal clinical factors such as greater disease activity, greater functional impairment, and poor global health to be associated with longitudinal depression severity. These factors are potentially modifiable and may help manage depressive symptoms in AS.