A comparison of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across four systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across four systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD).

Methods

Incident subjects enrolled in four SARD cohorts, namely systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) were studied. The outcomes of interest were baseline Short Form Health Survey physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summary scores. Multivariate analysis was conducted to determine whether PCS and MCS scores differed across SARD type.

Results

The study included 118 SLE (93% women, mean age 36 years), 108 SSc (79% women, mean age 55), 64 RA (63% women, mean age 58) and 25 IIM (68% women, mean age 49) subjects. Mean PCS scores were 38.

SUBMITTER: Greenfield J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736192 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature