title: The correlations of socioeconomic status, disease activity, quality of life, and depression/anxiety in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: This study aimed (i) to investigate the relationships among socioeconomic status, disease activity, quality of life, and the psychological status in Chinese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients; (ii) to explore the possible risk factors of anxiety and depression. A total of 160 RA patients underwent standardized laboratory examinations and completed several questionnaires. Independent samples t-tests, χ2analyses, and logistic regression modeling were used to analyze the data. We found 30.6% RA patients were anxiety, and 27.5% had depression, which were significantly higher than the control group (7.8 and 11.7%, respectively). And there were significant correlations among education, pain, disease activity, medication adherence, functional capacity, quality of life, and anxiety/depression. Meanwhile, logistic regression analysis revealed that poor quality of life and low education level were significantly associated with anxiety/depression in RA patients. In conclusion, there were significant relationships among education, quality of life, and anxiety/depression in Chinese RA patients.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , Nantong University , Nantong , China.|b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Yunfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , Nantong University , Nantong , China.|b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Qiuxiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , Nantong University , Nantong , China.|b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , Nantong University , Nantong , China.|b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Rulan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Genkai
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Liren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: b Department of Rheumatology , Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University , Nantong , China.
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012923:Social Class
keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis; anxiety; depression; quality of life