Quality of life and Disease activity among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous. | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 5, Issue 11, August 2017, Pages 74-83 PDF (513.31 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2017.60456 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Anaam Mohammed Hassan1; Shalaba El-Sayed Abo Zead2; Essam Ahamed Mohamed Abda3 | ||
| 1Head Nurse of Infection Control Unit, Assuit University Hospital, Egypt. | ||
| 2Shalaba El-Sayed Abo Zead | ||
| 3Professor of Rheumatology Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a prototypical chronic multi organ autoimmune disorder that can lead to significant burden of disease and loss of life expectancy.Aims: to assess quality of life and disease activity of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) and (SLE) Design: Descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation department at Assiut University Hospital. Sample: A 60 adult patients with (SLE) from both sexes aged among (18-65) years were recruited. Tools: Patient demographic and medical sheet, Systemic Lupus Erythematous disease activity (SLEDAI) scale and Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) scale. Results: The majority of patients (86.7%) have aged between 18-35 years, females and married. The highest percentage of patients' disease activity were between mild and moderate disease activity with percentage (40.0% and 30.0% respectively) As regard quality of life domains (physical functioning, energy/fatigue, pain and general health) of studied group were less than half level of functioning Conclusions: the majority of patients' disease activity were between mild and moderate disease activity with decrease in quality of life Recommendation: Increase SLE patients awareness about the importance of periodic check up to prevent developing any complication related to the disease for enhancing their quality of life. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| disease activity; Patient's quality of life & Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) | ||
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