Depression and depressive symptoms in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: discussion points grey areas and unmet needs emerging from a systematic review of published literature

摘要

In 1979, Bird et al. proposed depression as a diagnostic criterion for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). More recently, the significance of depression in PMR patients has been re-proposed, , and some researchers have suggested that PMR may increase the risk of depression. The aim of our article is to evaluate the relationship between PMR and depression.