| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| HADS | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
| PHQ9 | Patient Health Questionnaire |
| HADS-D | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Depression subscale |
| HADS-A | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Anxiety subscale |
| DAS28 | Disease Activity Score—28 joints count |
| VAS | Visual analogue scale |
| ESR | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| CRP | C reactive protein |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| IDD | Inventory to Diagnose Depression |
| CESD | Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| GDS | Geriatric Depression Scale |
| cs/b/ts DMARD | Conventional synthetics/biologics/targeted synthetics Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs |
| ACPA | Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies |
| TJC | Tender joint count |
| SJC | Swollen joint count |
| SRPC | Steinbrocker radiographic progression |
| SFCC | Steinbrocker functional capacity class |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| PtGA | Patient global assessment |