Depression and anxiety in patients with psoriatic arthritis: Prevalence and associated factors

  • Yan GENG ,
  • Zhi-bo SONG ,
  • Xiao-hui ZHANG ,
  • Xue-rong DENG ,
  • Yu WANG ,
  • Zhuo-li ZHANG
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  • Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China

Received date: 2020-08-03

  Online published: 2020-12-13

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(81901646);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81771740);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81971524);Youth Clinical Research Project of Peking University First Hospital(2019CR28)

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), to investigate whether there is a difference in the prevalence of depression and anxiety between PsA and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to identify associated risk factors for depression and anxiety in PsA patients. Methods: PsA and RA patients who visited Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in Peking University First Hospital from May 2018 to Sep 2019 were recruited. Self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale were surveyed and compared between PsA and RA patients. Demographics and clinical features including age, gender, disease duration, disease activity score, psoriasis area and severity index (PASI), and medical application were collected. Power Doppler and grey-scale ultrasound of joints, tenosynovitis and enthesis were performed. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with mood disorders and the odds ratio of depression and anxiety between the PsA and RA patients. Results: Among the 114 enrolled PsA patients, 37 (32.5%) had mood disorders, in which 36 (31.6%) with depression and 15 (13.2%) with anxiety. Compared with 201 RA patients, PsA patients showed greater odds for depression [adjusted OR (95%CI): 2.7 (1.1-6.4)]. Depression was more often observed in the PsA than in the RA patients (31.6% vs. 18.9%, P=0.011). The similar trend for anxiety was also observed, although the difference was insignificant (13.2% vs. 8.5%, P=0.185). Age (OR=0.95, P=0.008), psoriasis duration (OR=0.94, P=0.018), pain visual analogue scale (OR=1.47, P=0.011), PASI score (OR=1.07, P=0.007) and presence of ultrasound enthesitis (OR=4.13, P=0.009) were identified as factors associated with depression in the PsA patients. PASI score (OR=1.07, P=0.001) was identified as associated factor for anxiety in the PsA patients. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression and anxiety is elevated in PsA patients. Depression is significantly more prevalent in PsA patients than in RA patients. Younger age, shorter psoriasis duration, worse pain and presence of ultrasound enthesitis are associated with depression, while severe psoriasis rash is associated with both depression and anxiety in PsA patients.

Cite this article

Yan GENG , Zhi-bo SONG , Xiao-hui ZHANG , Xue-rong DENG , Yu WANG , Zhuo-li ZHANG . Depression and anxiety in patients with psoriatic arthritis: Prevalence and associated factors[J]. Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences), 2020 , 52(6) : 1048 -1055 . DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2020.06.010

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