Important Arthritis Factor Discovered

When treating arthritis, we most often focus on inflammation and cartilage buildup. Maybe you’d think of relaxing the muscles or adjusting the bones.

But a study recently published in Arthritis Care Research reveals a new factor. One that most doctors don’t ever think about when it comes to arthritis.

This factor can however make or break your arthritis recovery as well as the rest of your life.

Researchers identified 2,287 people with knee osteoarthritis of approximately the same severity (Kellgren/Lawrence grade two or three).

They used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale to assess depressive symptoms in each of the patients at their annual doctor’s visit.

They then used the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain scale to measure the amount of pain from which they suffered in the year after their depression test.

The study ran for four years during which these tests were carried out four times each.

Once the study was completed, they found that the existence or severity of depression symptoms did not influence the amount of pain from which the patients suffered in the subsequent year.

Depressed and non-depressed patients, and severely depressed and mildly depressed patients, experienced roughly the same amount of pain.

But those who had struggled with depression for the longest period suffered the most, while those whose depression was intermittent or recent suffered the least.

Based on these findings, the authors recommend that depression be treated as a part of routine clinical practice for arthritis patients, as their experience of their condition is so strongly influenced by it.

Interestingly, it seems that the arthritis pain actually causes the depression and people who manage to reverse their arthritis most often experience great mood-uplifting in the process (not so surprising).

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