title: [Distribution features of Chinese medical syndrome types of rheumatoid arthritis patients accompanied with depressive symptoms].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore features of Chinese medical syndrome types in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients accompanied depressive symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  The degree of depressive symptoms was assessed in 263 RA patients using self-rating depression scale (SDS). The correlation between depressive symptoms and modified Disease Activity Score (DAS28) were analyzed. The features of Chinese medical syndrome types of RA patients accompanied with depressive symptoms were also assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of these patients of sputum-stasis obstruction syndrome (SSOS) was 47.2% and that of qi-blood deficiency syndrome (QBDS) was 45.8%, obvious higher than that of other groups (P < 0.05). DAS28 score was higher and their course of the disease was longer in RA patients accompanied with depressive symptoms. But there was no obvious difference in age. There were more RA patients with depressive symptoms holding higher levels of certificate than those holding lower levels of certificate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was certain correlation between Chinese medical syndrome types and depressive symptoms in RA patients. RA patients of SSOS and QBDS were easier to suffer from depressive symptoms. Higher DAS28, longer course of the disease, and holding higher levels of certificate might be three risk factors for RA patients accompanied with depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Depaartment of Emergency Arthrosis, Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai 200052, China. zhh-happyhome@163.com
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors