Prevalence of cognitive impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the role of chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on cognition.

Methods and analysis

Six hundred sixty-one men and women aged ≥55 years who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria for RA were recruited from three healthcare trusts in the United Kingdom (UK) between May 2018 and March 2020. Study participants took part in interviews which captured sociodemographic information, followed by an assessment of cognition. RA specific clinical characteristics were obtained from hospital medical records. Participants were cognitively assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and were classified as cognitively impaired if they scored ≤27/30 points. Linear regression analyses w

SUBMITTER: McDowell B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9733399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature