Health-related quality of life in sarcoidosis patients and the effect of occupational exposures: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with sarcoidosis has been related to treatment, symptoms, organ involvement and disease severity, but little is known about its association with occupation. The aim was to quantify HRQL in occupationally exposed sarcoidosis patients compared to their nonexposed counterparts.

Methods

A total of 221 sarcoidosis patients (median age 49 years, interquartile range (IQR) 37-60 years) with a histologically confirmed diagnosis were recruited from university hospitals and outpatient centers in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation. General (with SF-8) and specific (with K-BILD) HRQL were compared between patients who were ever exposed to 24 occupational factors and nonexposed patients in adjusted multivariable mod

SUBMITTER: Vinnikov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834176 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature