Borderline psychic disorders in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (according to the data of the questionnaire of K.K. Yakhin and D.M. Mendelevich)

Objective: to study the prevalence of borderline psychic disorders (BPD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with different clinical manifestations. Subjects and methods. The study enrolled 192 patients having a valid diagnosis of RA. All the patients underwent clinical, laboratory, and X-ray studies; the questionnaire for the assessment and detection of neurotic states (K.K. Yakhin and D.M. Mendelevich, 1978) and the Health Assessment Questionnaire were filled out. Results. BPDs were identified in 123 (64.1%) patients. BPDs were more often diagnosed in patients with seropositive RA (p0.05). The detection rate for BPD did not depend on the systemic manifestations of RA, number of swollen joints, laboratory parameters of RA activity. The frequency of BPD increased with worsening function (p