Journal article
Disability in Systemic Sclerosis — A Longitudinal Observational Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess disability in systemic sclerosis (SSc) longitudinally and to identify disease-specific determinants, after accounting for informative patient dropout.
METHODS: We performed a multicenter, longitudinal study of 745 patients with SSc followed in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group registry. Disability was assessed using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). Longitudinal changes in disability were modeled using …
Authors
Schnitzer M; Hudson M; Baron M; Steele R
Journal
The Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 685–692
Publisher
The Journal of Rheumatology
Publication Date
4 2011
DOI
10.3899/jrheum.100635
ISSN
0315-162X