PREVALENCE OF SELF-REPORTED DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

• Published in: British journal of rheumatology Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 879 - 883
• Main Authors: PINCUS, T., GRIFFITH, J., PEARCE, S., ISENBERG, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.1996; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Arthritis, Rheumatoid - psychology; Criterion contamination; Depression; Depression - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Rheumatoid arthritis; Self-Assessment; Sex Characteristics

The prevalence of self-reported depressive symptoms was investigated in a case-control study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) attending an out-patient clinic at the Middlesex Hospital. Patients selected their own controls, matched for age and sex. Previous attempts to measure depressive sy...