Correlation between irreversible organ damage and the quality of life of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: The Kyoto Lupus Cohort survey.
Yudai TakaseTakeshi IwasakiHiroshi DoiHideaki TsujiMotomu HashimotoKentaro UenoRyuta InabaTomohiro KozukiMasashi TaniguchiYuya TabuchiRyu WatanabeKoji KitagoriShuji AkizukiKosaku MurakamiRan NakashimaHajime YoshifujiTakahiro ItayaWataru YamamotoRyuji UozumiMasao TanakaKoichiro OhmuraAkio MorinobuPublished in: Lupus (2021)
We demonstrated the QOL of patients with SLE is negatively correlated with irreversible organ damage. We also revealed musculoskeletal damage is adversely correlated with the health-related QOL, especially the physical and role/social QOL.