51. Correlation between physical markers and psychiatric health in a Portuguese systemic lupus erythematosus cohort: The role of suffering in chronic autoimmune disease
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Marta C. Figueiredo, Miguel Bernardes, Lúcia Costa, Brian D. Poole, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Caleb Cornaby, Cristina Mesquita, Universidade do Minho, and Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
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Physiology ,Emotions ,Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / epidemiology ,Social Sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,Anxiety ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Body Mass Index ,Cohort Studies ,0302 clinical medicine ,Anxiety / complications ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Data_FILES ,Psychology ,Medicine ,Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ,Portugal / epidemiology ,lcsh:Science ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Fatigue ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Multidisciplinary ,Systemic lupus erythematosus ,Depression ,Middle Aged ,3. Good health ,Mental Health ,Physiological Parameters ,Cohort ,Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications ,medicine.symptom ,Psychosocial ,Research Article ,Cohort study ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Patients ,Immunology ,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ,Autoimmune Diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Signs and Symptoms ,Rheumatology ,Diagnostic Medicine ,Mental Health and Psychiatry ,Depression / complications ,Humans ,Psychiatry ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Lupus erythematosus ,Science & Technology ,Lupus Erythematosus ,Portugal ,Mood Disorders ,business.industry ,Body Weight ,lcsh:R ,Biology and Life Sciences ,medicine.disease ,Health Care ,Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / psychology ,Case-Control Studies ,Quality of Life ,Clinical Immunology ,lcsh:Q ,Clinical Medicine ,Physiological Processes ,Sleep ,business ,Body mass index ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting information files., Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects a large number of people throughout the world. Anxiety, depression and fatigue are common symptoms of SLE that substantially contribute to decreased quality of life. This study investigates the interplay between physical and psychiatric manifestations of lupus. To this end, an SLE patient cohort was examined for correlations between clinical presentation, laboratory tests, and psychological indicators., BDP was funded by the Fulbright commission: Portugal, scholar program. Funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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- 2018