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. 2019 Jan;78(1):e1.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212867. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

Depression and anxiety associate with less remission after 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis

Aleid C Boer  1 , Tom W J Huizinga  1 , Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil  1   2
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Depression and anxiety associate with less remission after 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis

Aleid C Boer et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan.
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Keywords: disease activity; early rheumatoid arthritis; psychology; rheumatoid arthritis.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1. Percentages of rheumatoid arthritis patients in remission at 1-year (DAS44≤2.4) for RA patients that did or did not have depression/anxiety at the time of diagnosis.
DAS44, 44-joint Disease Activity Score; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SF-36MCS, Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 Mental Component Summary; SF-36MH, Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 Mental Health subscale.
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