2021
DOI: 10.1186/s42358-021-00176-6
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Depressive symptoms are associated with impaired sleep, fatigue, and disease activity in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract: Objectives To investigate the associations between sleep quality, fatigue, disease activity and depressive symptoms in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Female patients with previous diagnosis of RA from a Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic at a tertiary referral centre, in Fortaleza, Brazil, were consecutively recruited into the study. Sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); fatigue by the Fatigue Severity … Show more

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“…Fatigue, poor sleep and depression are closely intertwined, with a recent study in RA patients demonstrating greater severity and frequency of depressive symptoms with poorer sleep [37]. This has wider psychosocial impacts, such as decreased quality of life, work participation and physical functioning [20,38,39] (Figure 2).…”
Section: Mechanisms Of Fatigue and Association With Other Symptomsmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Fatigue, poor sleep and depression are closely intertwined, with a recent study in RA patients demonstrating greater severity and frequency of depressive symptoms with poorer sleep [37]. This has wider psychosocial impacts, such as decreased quality of life, work participation and physical functioning [20,38,39] (Figure 2).…”
Section: Mechanisms Of Fatigue and Association With Other Symptomsmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Estudos de Lopes et al (2021) encontraram que a presença de sintomas depressivos em pacientes com AR está associada a níveis mais elevados de atividade da doença. Tal resultado se relaciona aos estudos de Zautra e Smith (2001), que, ao investigar 87 mulheres idosas com AR, inicialmente avaliadas para depressão e semanalmente avaliadas para dor, evidenciaram que os sintomas depressivos se relacionam a elevações na dor.…”
Section: D) Manifestações Psiquiátricasunclassified
“…O sono de má qualidade foi encontrado em mais de dois terços dos participantes com AR e foi relacionado à atividade da doença (LOPES et al, 2021). Citocinas, incluindo TNF-α e IL-6, que também desempenham papel patogenético significativo na AR, podem estar envolvidas na gênese dos problemas de sono.…”
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