Depression in ankylosing spondylitis and the role of disease-related and contextual factors: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have a higher prevalence of depression compared to the general population. Comorbid depression in AS likely has a multifactorial origin. While several disease-related and contextual factors have been associated with depressive symptoms in AS, a comprehensive model of their interrelations is currently lacking. Such a model could help understand the mechanisms leading to, or maintaining, depression in AS. The objectives of the current study were to determine which factors are associated with depressive symptoms in AS and to understand their underlying relationships. METHODS:Data from a cross-sectional survey-based multicentre study were used. Potential determinants included both contextual and disease-related factors. Depressive symptoms w

SUBMITTER: Webers C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805406 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature