Prevalence, Severity, and Measures of Anxiety in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
Authors' conclusion
The reported prevalence of anxiety in RA varied widely potentially because of use of different self-report measures and cutoff points.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); anxiety assessed by clinical diagnostic interview and/or standardised self-report measures; studies from 23 countries
- Participants
- 11,085 adults47 studies
- Outcome
- Overall prevalence, severity and commonly used measures of anxiety in RA
Methodological detailsnarrative synthesis, quality assessment with modified Newcastle-Ottawa Evaluation Scale, six databases searched from January 2000
- Narrative synthesis
- Quality assessment with modified Newcastle-Ottawa Evaluation Scale
- Six databases searched from January 2000
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Anxiety prevalence in RA
Anxiety prevalence range across studies
2.4% to 77%
Further pooled results
Associations with anxiety in RA
- Notable associations: physical disability, pain, disease activity, depression and quality of life
Original publication
Prevalence, Severity, and Measures of Anxiety in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 25 January 2024. doi:10.
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