Disease activity and mental health symptoms in axial spondyloarthritis: concordant or discordant?
We did not identify the hypothesized subgroups with discordant disease activity and mental health symptoms. Instead, these domains were closely aligned at baseline and following treatment, suggesting that these symptoms influence each other. Patients with high mental health symptom burden may benefit from knowing that these symptoms often improve alongside disease activity when starting treatment.
Authors
- Uta Kiltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-4497)
- Elena Nikiphorou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6847-3726)
- Annelies Boonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0682-9533)
- Sizheng Steven Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3558-7353)
- Sofía Ramiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-9087)
- Casper Webers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3011-8547)
- Désirée M F M van der Heijde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-158X)
- Jürgen Braun
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- NIHR Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet (DE)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Prof. Mathey, Prof. Schofer (DE)
- Arthritis UK (GB)
- Department of Health Services (NP)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lara D. Veeken
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf506
- Primary Topic
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00