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Abstracts tagged "Quality of life and systemic sclerosis"

  • Abstract Number: 739 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    How Effective Is the Home Exercise Program for Hands in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Preliminary Results from a Randomized Controlled, Single-Blind, Clinical Trial

    Neslihan Gokcen1, Suade Ozlem Badak2, Tunay Sarpel3, Yasar Sertdemir4 and Eren Erken2, 1Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, 2Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, 3Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, 4Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) represents a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of skin and internal organs. In particular, thickening of the skin, puffy hands,…
  • Abstract Number: 2697 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (SScQoL) Captures the Complex Problems Experienced By Patients with Scleroderma

    Matylda Sierakowska1, Stanislaw Sierakowski2, Marzena Olesinska3, Marek Brzosko4, Piotr Leszczynski5, Katarzyna Pawlak-Bus5, Bogdan Batko6, Piotr Wiland7, Maria Majdan8, Malgorzata Bykowska-Sochacka9, Wojciech Romanowski10, Aleksandra Zon-Giebel11, Slawomir Jeka12 and Mwidimi Ndosi13, 1Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, 2Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland, Bialystok, Poland, 3Department of Connective Tissue Disease, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, 4Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, 5Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Medical University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland, 6Center of Rheumatology, J. Dietl Hospital in Krakow, Krakow, Poland, 7Department and Clinic of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, 8Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Medical University in Lublin, Lublin, Poland, 9Dr J. Titz-Kosko Regional Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Sopot, Sopot, Poland, 10Poznan Centre of Rheumatology in Srem, Srem, Poland, 11Silesian Center of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Prevention of Disability, Ustron, Poland, 122nd University Hospital, CM UMK, Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases,, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 13Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic rheumatic disease that disturbs the patients’ biological, social, emotional spiritual, and physical functioning; resulting in reduced quality of…
  • Abstract Number: 3249 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Improvement in Cough and Cough-Related Quality of Life in Participants Undergoing Treatment for Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease

    Elizabeth R. Volkmann1, Dinesh Khanna2, Chi-hong Tseng3, Robert Elashoff4, Bingling Wang5, Michael Roth3, Philip J. Clements3, Daniel E. Furst1, Arthur Theodore6 and Donald P. Tashkin7, 1University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 4Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 5Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 6Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 7David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: While chronic cough occurs in the majority of patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD),1 its impact on quality of life has not…
  • Abstract Number: 453 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Adaptation and Validation the Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire into Spanish Using Rasch Analysis

    Mwidimi Ndosi1, Silvia Garcia-Diaz2, Begonya Alcacer-Pitarch3, Francesco Del Galdo4, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra2 and Anthony C. Redmond4, 1Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2Rheumatology, Hospital Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi-CSI-, Barcelona, Spain, 3Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 4Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) represents a group of heterogeneous autoimmune disorders of connective tissue characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs [1].…
  • Abstract Number: 2899 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Impact of the Clinical Characteristics of Systemic Sclerosis in Patients Quality of Life

    Joana Caetano1, Luis Melo1, Susana Oliveira1 and Jose Delgado Alves1,2, 1Department of Medicine IV, Systemic Immunomediated Diseases Unit, Fernando Fonseca Hospital, Amadora, Portugal, 2CEDOC/NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare heterogenic disease, with visceral, skin and vascular damage associated with a reduced life expectancy, disability and worsening of…
  • Abstract Number: 838 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Impaired Quality of Life in Systemic Sclerosis and Patient Perception of the Disease: A Large International Survey

    Camelia Frantz1, Jerome Avouac1, Oliver Distler2, Fazia Amrouche1, Dominique Godard3, Ann Kennedy4, John Varga5, Marco Matucci-Cerinic6 and Yannick Allanore7, 1Paris Descartes University, Rheumatology A department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 2Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital And Eular Scleroderma Trials And Research (EUSTAR) Board, Zurich, Switzerland, 3Association des Sclérodermie de France, Auxerre, France, 4Federation of European Scleroderma Associations (FESCA), Tournai, Belgium, 5Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 6Rheumatology Department, University of Florence And World Scleroderma Foundation, Florence, Italy, 7Paris Descartes University, Rheumatology A department, Cochin Hospital, And Eular Scleroderma Trials And Research (EUSTAR) Board, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is recognized as one of the most fatal rheumatic diseases, but it also promotes many detrimental effects on health-related quality of…
  • Abstract Number: 852 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Health-Related Quality of Life in Early Systemic Sclerosis

    Marie Hudson1, Murray Baron2, Mianbo Wang3, Candice Rabusa4, Susanna Proudman5, Mandana Nikpour6, Wendy Stevens4 and Canadian Scleroderma Research Group (CSRG), Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study (ASCS), 1McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute and McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 5Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia, 6University of Melbourne Department of Medicine, Melbourne, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research is a priority in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Yet, much of the data comes from prevalent cohorts with established…
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