Journal article
Association of pruritus with quality of life and disability in systemic sclerosis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To our knowledge, no studies have investigated the association of pruritus, which is present in almost half of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma), with quality of life (QOL) and disability. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of pruritus with QOL and disability in SSc.
METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional, multicenter study of 578 SSc patients ≥1 year post-enrollment in the Canadian …
Authors
El‐Baalbaki G; Razykov I; Hudson M; Bassel M; Baron M; Thombs BD; Group CSR
Journal
Arthritis Care & Research, Vol. 62, No. 10, pp. 1489–1495
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2010
DOI
10.1002/acr.20257
ISSN
2151-464X