TRẦM CẢM VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN Ở NGƯỜI BỆNH VIÊM KHỚP DẠNG THẤP TẠI KHOA CƠ XƯƠNG KHỚP – BỆNH VIỆN BẠCH MAI

Abstract

Depressive disorder is a common comorbid disease in the rheumatoid arthritis disease (RA), which will adversely make the RA symptoms worse, complications increased, mortality and suicide rates increased which is a heavy burden for the patient, their family and society. there has been a lot of research about depression disorder in rheumatoid arthritis patient in the world but it is still lack of report in Viet Nam. Therefore, we carry out research named “Depression and some related fators in rheumatoid arthritis patients in rheumatology department – Bach Mai hospital”. Subjects and research methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study of 79 rheumatoid arthritis inpatients at the Department of Rheumatology in Bach Mai Hospital from June 2019 to June 2020. Results: studying subjects are mainly female (83.5%), the average age is 60.9 ± 9.3, where urban is equivalent to rural, 40.5% is secondary education. There are 51.9% of patients who are depressive according to the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM - D). Significantly different is the number of joint pain and swollen joints, CRP index, disease activity index in 28 joint following CRP (DAS 28- CRP) in depressed patient and non-depressed patient. The patients who are unable to work, do activities of daily living or make money have a higher depression rate than the others who still remain their workability and activities of daily living with p<0.05.