Abstract:BackgroundDepression, and its improvement with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) is understudied in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).ObjectivesTo determine the effectiveness of DMARDs on depression in PsA patients.MethodsPatients enrolled from January 2000 to May 2020 in a large PsA cohort were included. Depression was defined as medical outcomes study short form-36 (SF-36) mental component summary score (MCS) ≤ 40 or mental health (MH) subscale score ≤ 56. Primary outcome was resolution of depression w… Show more
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