Why the study?
Are there gender differences in psychological well-being among community-dwelling persons with rheumatoid arthritis?
Are there gender differences in psychological well-being among community-dwelling persons with rheumatoid arthritis?
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, women experience higher levels of depressive symptoms and negative mood compared to men, which is only partially explained by emotional support, pain coping, and physical impairment.
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May support gender-sensitive mood screening in RA; cross-sectional data leaves open causality and needs longitudinal confirmation.
Dowdy et al. (1996) studied this question.
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