Rheumatology Advisor (2/10, Kuhns) reports, “Greater everyday discrimination is associated with worse patient-reported lupus activity and symptom burden, but these relationships are mediated by depression and anxiety symptoms, according to study results.” Investigators came to this conclusion after conducting an analysis that “included data collected between 2020 and 2021 from adults with physician-confirmed SLE in the San Francisco Bay Area.” The findings were published in The Journal of Rheumatology.
Related Links:
— “Discrimination Worsens SLE Symptom Burden Through Depression and Anxiety,”Lisa Kuhns, PhD, Rheumatology Advisor, February 10, 2026