Fatigue in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and neuropsychiatric symptoms is associated with anxiety and depression rather than inflammatory disease activity.
Rory Caitlin MonahanLiesbeth Jj Beaart-van de VoordeJeroen EikenboomRolf FronczekMargreet KloppenburgHuub Am MiddelkoopGisela M TerwindtNic Ja van der WeeTom Wj HuizingaGerda M Steup-BeekmanPublished in: Lupus (2021)
This study suggests that intervention strategies to target fatigue in (NP)SLE patients may need to focus on symptoms of anxiety and depression rather than immunosuppressive treatment.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- sleep quality
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ejection fraction
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- prognostic factors
- depressive symptoms
- patient reported outcomes
- combination therapy
- patient reported
- smoking cessation