RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of depression on patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis: a comparative study
A1 Cortés Rodríguez, Antonio
A1 Alves Gomes, Lisa
A1 Losa Iglesias, Marta Elena
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo
A1 Saavedra García, Miguel Ángel
A1 López López, Daniel
A1 Jiménez Cebrián, Ana María
AB BACKGROUND: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a sustained inflammatory pathology that manifests as increasingrigidity and a continuous decline in spinal flexibility, leading to increasing lumbar pain during rest.OBJECTIVES: This study primarily aimed to evaluate depression assessments using the Beck DepressionInventory (BDI) and delineate depressive symptomatology in patients diagnosed with AS compared tothose without this condition.DESIGN AND SETTING: A comparative study was conducted in Medical Centers in Málaga, Spain.METHODS: A cohort of 102 participants, with a mean age of 46,80 ± 10,54 years, was divided into twosets: 51 individuals diagnosed with AS (cases) and another 51 without AS (controls), each harmonizedacross variables such as body mass index, age, and sex. Demographic variables were systematically gatheredfrom each participant, and the BDI responses were accurately recorded and subsequently analyzedfor comparison.RESULTS: Of the total sample, the sex distribution was 29.4% male and 70.6% female. BDI scores werehigher for the AS group (19.25 ± 15.5) than for the control group (5.33 ± 7). Notably, there were clear statisticaldifferences (P < 0.01) in the BDI categories, with elevated levels observed in participants with AS.CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with AS experienced higher levels of depression than those without AS. Furthermore,there were sex differences within the case group, with a higher percentage of women than menat any level of depression. Notably, there was a moderate inverse correlation between the number of yearssince diagnosis and depression level.
PB Associação Paulista de Medicina
SN 1516-3180 (electrónico)
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25509
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25509
LA eng
NO Cortés-Rodríguez, A., Alves-Gomes, L., Losa-Iglesias, M., Gómez-Salgado, J., Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, R., Saavedra-García, M. Á., López-López, D., & Jiménez-Cebrián, A. M. (2025). Effects of depression on patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis: a comparative study. Sao Paulo Medical Journal, 143(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2024.0177.r1.16102024
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026