ILD-specific health-related quality of life in systemic sclerosis-associated ILD compared with IPF.
Michael T DurheimAnna-Maria Hoffmann-VoldTomas M EaganArnt-Ove HovdenMay Brit LundGisle BjerkeSurinder S BirringTrygve M JonassenOdd Erik JohansenTone SjåheimPublished in: BMJ open respiratory research (2021)
Patients with SSc-ILD may have better ILD-specific quality of life than patients with IPF, but this difference appears to be driven primarily by better lung function. These results underscore the impact of lung function on HRQL in fibrotic ILD and the utility of K-BILD to assess HRQL in SSc-ILD.