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Introduction and Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a romatological disease that causes a disruption in the quality of life along with chronic inflammation in the joints. The need for PsA has been found that the quality of life of patients with psoriasis is worse than healthy controls. In this study, our goal was to evaluate the factors affecting the quality of life in PsA patients, to investigate the correlation between quality of life and disease activity, emotional condition and severity of psoriasis. Tools and methods: 60 patients diagnosed with PSA were included in our study. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded. The hospital anxiety and depression (HADS) scale was used to assess the emotional condition. The quality of life was assessed by PsA-QoL and disability by the Health Assessment Survey (HAQ). The disease activity (DAS-28) and the severity index (PASI) in the area of psoriasis were determined. Results: 35 of the patients with PSA (58.3%) were female and 25 (41.6%) male. The average age of patients was 47.86±12.53. The average PSA duration was 5.03±5.33 years, while the PSAQoL score was 10.74±4.96 (0-19) The average HADS depression score was 9.98±4.09 (0-18), while anxiety score was 9.26±3.98 (1-19) There was a statistically significant correlation between PsA-QoL and body mass index (r = 0.3, p = 0.03); disease activity(r = 0.5, p = 0.00); disability (r = 0.4, p = 0.00); and HADS score (r = 0.5, p = 0.00). There is no meaningful correlation between age (r = -0.2, p = 0.17); gender (-0.07, 0.61), PSA time (r = 0.02, p = 0.89) and PASI score (r = 0.1, p = 0.31) and PsA-QoL. Result: In our study, the presence of depression/anxiety has been significant among the factors affecting the quality of life in PsA patients. As a result, the emotional condition should also be assessed while planning the monitoring and treatment of patients with PsA and the necessary psychiatric support should be provided.

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