@article{ref1,
title="Screening for depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: relationship with pain severity, disease activity, and sleep quality",
journal="Middle East current psychiatry",
year="2022",
author="Azzam, Adel Ibrahim and Lamlom, Mohamed and Khalifa, Ahmed Mohamed",
volume="29",
number="1",
pages="e73-e73",
abstract="Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune systemic condition that primarily affects all synovial joints, eventually leading to deformity and clinical disability. Much progress has been made in the evaluation of inflammation and disease activity in recent years; however, other factors that can influence these patients' quality of life, including depression, stress, fatigue, sleep problems, fibromyalgia, sexual activity, and obesity, are often not evaluated by rheumatologists. Our purpose was to explore depressive symptoms in patients with RA and determine how they connected to other aspects of the disease, including pain severity, disease activity, and sleep quality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-5408",
doi="10.1186/s43045-022-00239-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-022-00239-4"
}