Depression: a common comorbidity in women with rheumatoid arthritis-results from an Austrian cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous research showed that depression is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the prevalence very much depends on different assessment tools and sociocultural differences, respectively. The main study aim and research question was to investigate the proportion of depressive symptoms in Austrian female patients with RA.

Setting

A nationwide multicentre study with seven secondary care centres all over Austria (hospital-based rheumatological outpatient clinics and private practices).

Participants

319 patients with RA and 306 healthy controls (HCO), all female Caucasians, were asked to complete a Beck's Depression Inventory-Fast Screen (BDI-FS). Patients and HCO were ≥18 years. Patients had to fulfil the 2010 classification criteria for RA. In addit

SUBMITTER: Sautner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044860 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature