Mental Health Care Use and Associated Factors in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) has significant psychosocial implications. We aimed to evaluate the proportion of participants in a large international SSc cohort who used mental health services in a 3-month period and to evaluate demographic, psychological, and disease-specific factors associated with use.

Methods

Baseline data of participants enrolled in the Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort were analyzed. We determined the proportion that used mental health services and the source of services in the 3 months prior to enrollment. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify variables associated with service use.

Results

Of the 2319 participants included in the analysis, 417 (18%) used mental health services in the 3 months prior t

SUBMITTER: Becetti K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9374049 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature