Quality of life in children with systemic lupus erythematosus. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in children is a chronic multi-system disease with wide ranging effects on their quality of life (QOL). While SLE's impact on different arenas of life and well-being has been extensively examined in the adult population, its effect on children has not received adequate attention. This paper briefly discusses the multidimensional aspect of QOL, the biopsychosocial implications of SLE, factors complicating QOL measurement in the affected population, and the different generic and disease-specific scales used for measuring QOL and related constructs, and it also highlights the need for SLE-specific pediatric QOL instruments.

publication date

  • December 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
  • Quality of Life

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33645894704

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s11926-005-0049-0

PubMed ID

  • 16303104

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 6