External Validation of the Lupus Impact Tracker in a Southeastern US Longitudinal Cohort With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Jennifer E BrandtCristina DrenkardHong KanGaobin BaoCharmayne Dunlop-ThomasBonnie PobinerDavid J ChangMeenakshi JollyS Sam LimPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2017)
The LIT is a simple, patient-centered tool that can be used to assess HRQoL in patients with SLE. This study provides external validity of the LIT in a population-based cohort with a large number of African American patients with a relatively high disease burden.