Abstracts tagged "Body image and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1338 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Correlates of Body Image Dissatisfaction in Patients with Limited and Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis
Rina S. Fox¹, Sarah D. Mills¹, Shadi Gholizadeh¹, Erin L. Merz¹, Scott C. Roesch^1,2, Philip J. Clements³, Suzanne Kafaja⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵, Daniel E. Furst⁶ and Vanessa L. Malcarne^1,2, ¹SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ²Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, ³University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Medicine/ Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Little research has evaluated body image dissatisfaction (BID) in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). What has been conducted shows that BID is common and associated with…