Integrated Care Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Association Between Pro-inflammatory Cytokines and Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Care Approach

The goal of this study is to learn about the long-term effects of integrated care approach in persons over the age of 20 who take part in integrated care approach to treat their rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The main question is to explore whether adding the integrated care approach into routine care can lower pro-inflammatory cytokines and depressive symptom in RA persons over age 20 when taken long-term to treat RA?

Inclusion Criteria:

age of at least 20 years; willingness to participate in the survey; having the physician-diagnosed RA with the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification code of 714.0

Exclusion Criteria:

• having physician-based diagnosis of cognitive impairment and with the ability to express opinion