HADS-depression score is a mediator for illness perception and daily life impairment in Takayasu ’s arteritis

ConclusionsActive TAK patients perceived their illness more seriously and experienced more impairment in their daily life. Depression status as the mediator influenced them poorly. These interactions could give clues to improve PROMs in the clinical practice.Key Points•IIness perception, disease activity, mental status and daily life performance, assessed as patient-reported outcome measures, have a complex relationship in Takayasu’s arteritis.•IPQ-R Consequence score, WPAI-Daily impairment score, HADS-Depression and HADS-Anxiety scores were found be high in active TAK patients.•In mediation analysis, IPQ-R Consequence score was directly mediated by disease activity and indirectly mediated through HADS-D score. Similarly, disease activity increased WPAI-Daily impairment score in direct and HADS-D in indirect paths.
Source: Clinical Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research