TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Screening for depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: relationship with pain severity, disease activity, and sleep quality
JO  - Middle East current psychiatry
A1  - Azzam, Adel Ibrahim
A1  - Lamlom, Mohamed
A1  - Khalifa, Ahmed Mohamed
SP  - e73
EP  - e73
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2090-5408
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-022-00239-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -