Research Article
Silent Burdens in Disease: Fatigue and Depression in SLE
Table 5
Health-related quality of life.
| | Total
| SLE (1)
| Depression (2)
| Controls (3)
| | Post hoc analysis |
| SF-36 | | | | | | | Physical functioninga | 71.8 (26.7) | 55.8 (30.5) | 75.9 (22.2) | 84.3 (16.7) | 0.000b | , 3 | Role limitations due to physical health problemsa | 62.5 (30.8) | 44.5 (32.6) | 59.8 (23.5) | 81.3 (22.4) | 0.000b | | Social functioninga | 63.0 (28.6) | 61.5 (31.0) | 46.6 (22.5) | 78.1 (22.5) | 0.000b | | Mental healtha | 56.8 (22.1) | 55.8 (20.2) | 43.0 (17.5) | 69.3 (20.2) | 0.000b | | Role limitations due to emotional problemsa | 70.1 (27.9) | 68.7 (29.0) | 52.4 (22.9) | 86.5 (20.5) | 0.000b | | Vitalitya | 45.6 (22.9) | 34.9 (23.1) | 39.4 (16.8) | 70.0 (18.8) | 0.000b | 1, | Bodily paina | 60.7 (31.6) | 43.7 (34.6) | 64.5 (26.1) | 73.7 (25.5) | 0.000b | , 3 | General healtha | 49.8 (23.7) | 31.3 (18.5) | 56.2 (21.2) | 61.9 (19.2) | 0.000b | , 3 | PSCa | 0.0 (1.0) | −0.8 (0.9) | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.000b | , 3 | MSCa | 0.0 (1.0) | 0.1 (0.9) | −0.8 (0.8) | 0.6 (0.8) | 0.000b | |
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Mean (standard deviation); bANOVA; PSC: physical summary component; MSC: mental summary component.
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