Abstract:Background Management of anxiety and depressive symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is vital. Previous studies investigating this topic are conflicting, and this topic still has not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to clarify the association of disease activity with anxiety and depressive symptoms after controlling for physical disability, pain, and treatment.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of RA patients from the Kyoto University Rheumatoid Arthritis Management Alliance c… Show more
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