%0 Journal Article
%T Depressive symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis: Association between clinical variables, functional status and the quality of life
%A Mustafa Akif Sar£¿y£¿ld£¿z
%A £¿brahim Batmaz
%A Mahmut Budulgan
%A Mehtap Bozkurt
%J Dicle Medical Journal
%D 2013
%I Dicle University Medical School
%X Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationshipbetween the depressive symptoms with diseaserelatedvariables, functional status and quality of life inpatients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).Material and methods: Forty patients diagnosed withSSc and 36 healthy control subjects were enrolled in thestudy. The demographic and clinical characteristics of thepatients such as the Raynaud¡¯s phenomenon, SSc subtype,digital ulcers, gastrointestinal and lung involvementand disease activity were recorded. All patients were assessedusing the Short Form-36 Quality of Life (SF-36QoL) scale, the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Generalizedpain and fatigue was assessed with the Visual AnalogueScale.Results: The patients with SSc had significantly higherscores in the depressive symptoms in terms of the BDIscore compared to the healthy control group. Accordingto the results of Spearman¡¯s analysis, there was a significantlycorrelation between the depressive symptomswith education level, generalized pain, dyspnea, diseaseactivity score, gastroesophageal reflux, dysphagia, functionalstatus, mental and physical score of the SF-36.Conclusion: Depressive symptoms is enhanced in patientswith SSc. Depressive symptoms is especially associatedwith the generalised pain, disease activity, dysphagia,functional status, mental and quality of life in patientswith SSc.Key words: Systemic sclerosis, depressive symptom,pain, functional status, quality of life
%K Key words: Systemic sclerosis
%K depressive symptom
%K pain
%K functional status
%K quality of life
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