Journal article
Fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus : Association with disease activity, quality of life and psychosocial factors
Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie, Vol.76(10), pp.913-919
12/01/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-016-0185-0
PMID: 27600110
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine which disease-related factors and non-disease features can explain the presence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-related fatigue in Turkish patients.
This cross-sectional study was carried out with 99 SLE patients and 71 healthy controls. To assess fatigue and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) the participants were asked to complete two questionnaires: the short form-36 health survey (SF-36) and the multidimensional assessment of fatigue (MAF) scale. Anxiety and depression of participants were assessed by the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS).
A total of 99 patients (female/male 95/4) and 71 controls (female/male 40/31) were studied. The mean age and standard deviation (±SD) of patients and controls were 43.3 ± 12.2 years and 43.2 ± 12.1 years, respectively. The mean (SD) disease duration was 7.8 ± 5.3 years and median SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) score was 0 (range = 0-16). The level of fatigue was higher in patients compared to controls with mean MAF scores of 24.7 ± 12.2 and 12.8 ± 9.9 (p < 0.001), respectively. The HADS-D and HADS-A scores were also significantly higher in SLE patients (6.6 ± 4.3 vs. 3.6 ± 2.9, p < 0.001 and 7.2 ± 4 vs. 4.9 ± 4, p = 0.007, respectively). There were no significant associations between the MAF and SLEDAI scores (r = 0.05, p = 0.63) but MAF scores positively correlated with age, HADS-A and HADS-D scores and negatively correlated with physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS) and each domain of SF-36 except role emotional in SLE patients.
Fatigue is an important factor influencing patient daily life independent from disease activity in our study. The SLE patients with severe fatigue should also be assessed for other possible underlying causes such as anxiety, depression and poor quality of life.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus : Association with disease activity, quality of life and psychosocial factors
- Creators
- S Yilmaz-Oner - Marmara UniversityB Ilhan - Marmara UniversityM Can - Marmara UniversityF Alibaz-Oner - Marmara UniversityO Polat-Korkmaz - Marmara UniversityG Ozen - Marmara UniversityG Mumcu - Marmara UniversityH M Kremers - Mayo ClinicS Tuglular - Marmara UniversityH Direskeneli - Marmara University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie, Vol.76(10), pp.913-919
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00393-016-0185-0
- PMID
- 27600110
- ISSN
- 0340-1855
- eISSN
- 1435-1250
- Alternative title
- Fatigue bei systemischem Lupus erythematodes : Assoziation mit Krankheitsaktivität, Lebensqualität und psychologischen Faktoren
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984702945102771
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