A
Comparison of Quality of Life of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and
Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
A comparison of quality
of life of patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE). Both these conditions affect the skin and the
joints and may have a similar effect on the quality of life. However, SLE
affects mostly women, whereas Psoriatic Arthritis affects men and women
equally. We are asking patients with SLE and patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
to identify their closest relative or friend of the same sex and age whom
they consider healthy, and ask these individuals to complete one quality
of life questionnaire (SF-36). This way we can compare each disease group
to its own controls, and well still be able to compare the two patient
populations.
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