Abstracts tagged "Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and depression"

Abstract Number: 2908 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Disease Activity Is a Predictor of Depression and Persistent Depression in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Raman Joshi¹, Mohammad Movahedi², Bindee Kuriya³, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁴, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li², Sandra Couto², John S. Sampalis⁵ and Claire Bombardier², ¹William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of depression among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be as high as 40% but persistence of depression over time is relatively…