Abstracts tagged "quality of life and race/ethnicity"

Abstract Number: 947 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Dyspigmentation and Scarring in Cutaneous Lupus On Quality of Life
Saroj M. Verma¹, Joyce Okawa², Kathleen Propert³ and Victoria P. Werth⁴, ¹Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia V.A. Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Patients with more severe cutaneous lupus activity have poorer quality of life. The main objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact…