Prevalence of fatigue functional and social impairment among patients with rheumatic diseases compared to patients without: A cross-sectional comparison.

ABSTRACT: Rheumatic diseases (RD) are chronic diseases that significantly affect the lives of patients. Assessing health outcomes through a patient-reported outcome measurement information system (PROMIS) is essential for RD management. Moreover, these tend to be less favorable among individuals than among the rest of the population. This study aimed to compare PROMIS between RD patients and other patients. This cross sectional study was conducted in the year 2021. Information about patients with RD was obtained from the RD registry at King Saud University Medical City. Patients without RD were recruited from family medicine clinics. Patients were contacted electronically through WhatsApp© to complete the PROMIS surveys. We compared the individual PROMIS scores between the 2 groups using linear regr

SUBMITTER: Almalag HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9981388 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature