Anxiety and depression lower quality of life in majority of systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study. Logistic regression analysis revealed that depression was the most significant factor shown to affect QoL (p=0.015; OR=0.18; CI 95%:0.045-0.72).
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