Health‐related quality of life in systemic sclerosis as measured by the short form 36: Relationship with clinical and biologic markers

Abstract

The SF-36 shows that HRQOL is impaired in patients with SSc. Higher scores in MSS and vitality in patients with dSSc and correlations of high SF-36 scores with specific organ involvement suggest that SSc patients with severe disease are more able to cope with HRQOL modification.