Health-related quality of life in patients with ANCA vasculitides compared to rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional comparative study.
Alexandros PanagiotopoulosKonstantinos ThomasEvangelia ArgyriouAglaia ChalkiaNoemin KapsalaChristos KoutsianasEvgenia MavreaDimitrios PetrasDimitrios T BoumpasDimitrios VassilopoulosPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)
In patients with AAVs, HRQoL correlated more with organ damage and less with disease activity whereas in RA patients correlated with both. These data emphasize the need for AAV therapies aiming at preventing organ damage and thus improving HRQoL.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- end stage renal disease
- oxidative stress
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- interstitial lung disease
- patient reported outcomes
- peritoneal dialysis
- systemic sclerosis