People living with chronic medical conditions face challenges not only with respect to their
physical health but also to their emotional and social well-being. Chronic conditions, such as …

People living with chronic medical conditions face challenges not only with respect to their
physical health but also to their emotional and social well-being. Chronic conditions, such as …

People living with chronic medical conditions face challenges not only with respect to their
physical health, but also to their emotional and social well-being. Chronic conditions, such …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc; also called scleroderma) has far-reaching consequences for
physical health, as well as emotional and social well-being. 1–4 Because there is no known …

Objective: There is relatively little research on important patient-reported outcomes that
affect quality of life in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and even less research on psychological …

Objective. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) affects multiple physical, psychological, and social
domains and is associated with impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We …

There has been a recent expansion in studies of psychosocial aspects of SSc, and in the
validation of psychosocial measures that can be used in clinics to identify problems and …

Background Systemic sclerosis is a heterogenous disease in which little is known about
patterns of patient-reported symptom clusters. We aimed to identify classes of individuals …

Abstract Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare and potentially life threatening
autoimmune disorder. The burden of disease compared to other dermatoses is unknown …

OBJECTIVE: Studies of systemic sclerosis (SSc) have enlisted measures of physical function
and generic health-related quality of life in order to determine health status. However, the …