Patient-reported outcomes provide evidence for increased depressive symptoms and increased mental impairment in giant cell arteritis

CONCLUSION: PRO show a relevant impairment of mental health up to symptoms of major depression disorder. The degree of depressive symptoms is also distinctly associated with the serological inflammatory marker CRP.PMID:37324155 | PMC:PMC10262919 | DOI:10.3389/fmed.2023.1146815

Source: Pain Physician - June 16, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Matthias Froehlich Antonia Zahner Marc Schmalzing Michael Gernert Patrick-Pascal Strunz Sebastian Hueper Jan Portegys Eva Christina Schwaneck Ottar Gadeholt Andrea K übler Johannes Hewig Philipp Ziebell Source Type: research