Objective. To determine whether depression has a temporal association with RA disease
activity, treatment persistence and response to therapy. Methods. We performed a systematic …

… Address correspondence to Alan M. Rathbun, PhD, MPH, University of Maryland School of
Medicine… Rathbun had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the …

Depressive symptoms are associated with increases in pain and functional limitations in
knee osteoarthritis (OA). The aim was to determine whether depressive symptoms are also …

Objective Depression is common in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) population, yet little is
known of its effect on the course of disease activity. The aim of our study was to determine if …

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) disease progression may lead to deteriorating psychosocial
function, but it is unclear what aspects of disease severity are related to the onset of …

Objective Depressive symptoms in knee osteoarthritis (OA) are associated with increased
pain severity and declines in physical performance. This study examined whether pain …

Background Mortality rates among men are double that of women in the first 2 years after hip
fracture and may be related to more infections. Research has only examined differences in …

Purpose Depressive symptoms are common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and may affect disease
activity and treatment outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine if prevalent …

… balance, chair rise repeated five times, and 3-m gait speed. Each task is rated on a scoring
… Alan M. Rathbun received a poster award for this research from the Gerontological Society …

Objective The present study was undertaken to identify depression subtypes in individuals
with or at risk for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to evaluate differences in pain and …