The LupusQoL and associations with demographics and clinical measurements in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2273-2279

  McElhone, Kathleen ^a   Castelino, Madhura ^a   Abbott, Janice ⁱ   Bruce, Ian N ^b   Ahmad, Yasmeen ^b   Shelmerdine, Joanna ^c   Peers, Kate ^d   Isenberg, David ^e   Ferenkeh Koroma, Ada ^e   Griffiths, Bridget ^f   Akil, Mohammed ^g   Maddison, Peter ^h   Gordon, Caroline ^d   Teh, Lee Suan ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LupusQoL; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY DAMAGE INDEX; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY IMAGE; BRITISH ISLES LUPUS ASSESSMENT GROUP INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS QOL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATING CLINICS INDEX; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78149250893     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091277     Document Type: Article

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