Predictors of depression trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Growing evidence points to mental health impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We explored trajectories of depressive symptoms in the year pre- and 2 years post-pandemic onset in adults with RA.

Methods

Data are from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH), a prospective, multicentre, early RA cohort of Canadian adults treated by rheumatologists. Pre-pandemic, participants completed patient-reported outcome measures and rheumatology exams in person. After March 2020, patient-reported outcomes were collected at in-person and virtual visits. We used group-based trajectory modelling to explore longitudinal patterns of depressive symptoms prior to and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and multinomial regression to identify factors associated with depressi

SUBMITTER: Bartlett SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12617743 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature