Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) mostly follows a painful, progressively disabling course, and individuals with RA experience more psychological distress than healthy individuals. The objective of the present study is to examine the prevalences of accompanying anxiety and depression in RA cases. The study included 82 RA cases and 41 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers as the control group. Psychiatric examinations of all cases of the patient and control groups were performed according to DSM-IV criteria. Hamilton Anxiety Scale or Hamilton Depression Scale was applied to those who were found to have anxiety or depression. Total prevalence of anxiety, depression, and mixed anxiety-depressive disorder was found to be 70.8% (n=58) in the patient group and 7.3% (n=3) in the control group, and the difference was significant (p<0.001). Of the RA patients, 41.5% (n=34) was found to have depression, 13.4% (n=11) anxiety, and 15.9% (n=13) mixed anxiety-depressive disorder. The disease duration in patients with anxiety was shorter than the RA patient with depression (p<0.05). The disease duration was positively correlated with the degree of depression and negatively correlated with the degree of anxiety (r=0.341, p<0.05; r=-0.642, p<0.05, respectively). The results of our study suggest that prevalences of anxiety and mainly depression, increase in RA cases. When the clinical picture in RA cases becomes complicated with anxiety or depression, some problems at patients' adaptation and response to treatment may be possible. RA cases should be monitored for accompanying anxiety or depression during follow-up.

ObJeCtIVe: Protein-energy wasting (PEW) and inflammation are common and related to increased cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Herein, we aimed to investigate the relationships between adipocytokines, inflammation and serum and anthropometric markers of PEW syndrome in HD patients. mAterIAl and metHOds: Seventy-four HD patients (mean age=62±13 years, male/female=44/30) were enrolled. Serum leptin, adiponectin and IL-6 levels were measured by ELISA. Anthropometric measurements such as triceps skin fold thickness (TSFT), mid-arm circumference (MAC) were performed. Bioelectrical impedance analysis was also done. The degree of malnutrition was evaluated with subjective global assessment (SGA). results:The leptin/fat ratio was associated with serum IL-6 (r=0.32, p=0.008), serum albumin (r= -0.37, p=0.002) and TSFT (r= -0.41, p=0.001). Serum adiponectin levels were positively correlated with serum albumin (r=0.29,p=0.01) and negatively associated with the leptin/fat ratio (r= -0.30, p=0.01). Serum CRP levels were significantly lower in the high adiponectin group (1.20 ±0.92 vs 2.02 ±2.18 µg/mL, p=0.042). On linear regression analysis for predicting the leptin/fat ratio, gender and serum albumin were retained as significant in the model. bulGulAr: Leptin / yağ oranının serum 32, p=0,008) ve serum albumin (r= -0,37, p=0,002) seviyeleri ve TSFT (r= -0,41, p=0,001) ile ilişkili olduğu görüldü. Serum adiponektin düzeyleri serum albumini (r=0,29, p=0,01) ile pozitif korele ve leptin/yağ oranı (r= -0,30, p=0,01) ile negatif korele bulundu. Yüksek adiponektin düzeyi olan grupta serum CRP düzeyleri anlamlı olarak düşük bulundu (1,20 ± 0,92 vs 2,02 ± 2,18 µg/mL, p=0,042). Modelde leptin /yağ oranının prediktif değeri için yapılan lineer regresyon analizinde cinsiyet ve serum albümin değeri anlamlı kalmaya devam etti. türk nefroloji diyaliz ve transplantasyon dergisi Turkish Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Journal

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