Depression in psoriatic arthritis: Related to socio-demographics, comorbid loads or disease activity?
Billy T L LaiChi Kit AuHo Yin ChungChak Sing LauPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2022)
Depression was prevalent among PsA patients and it was closely correlated with disease activity and physical function impairment. Achieving low disease activity and maintaining physical function in patients with PsA may mitigate the psychological burden. The present study also highlighted the unmet needs of strategies to identify this common phenomenon.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- prostate cancer
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- depressive symptoms
- sleep quality
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- physical activity
- patient reported