Smita Das|Ira H. Bernstein|Heidi Jacobe
Correlates of self-reported quality of life in adults and children with morphea
Harvard University|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
determining diseases impact life quality important clinical decision making research resource allocation determinants quality life qol morphea poorly understoodwe sought ascertain demographic clinical variables correlated negative impact selfreported qol morpheawe conducted crosssectional survey morphea adults children cohortsymptoms pruritus pain functional impairment correlated decreased qol children adults true sexes independent subtype age patientreported qol correlated physicianbased measures disease severity adults children patients linear generalized morphea greatest impact qolsmall sample size limitationsymptoms functional impairment determinants impaired life quality children adults independent morphea subtype results suggest clinicians consider suppressing accumulation new lesions rapidly accumulating symptoms pain pruritus treatment patients morphea