Impact of demographic, clinical, and treatment compliance characteristics on quality of life of Venezuelan patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Table 2 Correlations between the demographic, clinical, and treatment compliance characteristics with the eight domains of the LupusQoL in patients with SLE

LupusQoL domains	LupusQoL score, median [IQR]	Age	Years of education	Disease duration	SLEDAI	SLICC-DI	Treatment compliance
LupusQoL domains	LupusQoL score, median [IQR]	Age	Years of education	Disease duration	SLEDAI	SLICC-DI	No, median [IQR] (N = 63)	Yes, median [IQR] (N = 37)
Physical health	73.4 [38.3]	− 0.38^‡	0.21*	− 0.34^‡	− 0.32^†	− 0.32^†	68.8 [39.1]	84.4 [31.2]^\|\|
Pain	66.7 [41.6]	− 0.32^†	0.13	− 0.33^‡	− 0.31^†	− 0.27^†	58.3 [45.8]	66.7 [41.6]
Planning	83.3 [43.8]	− 0.22*	0.15	− 0.13	− 0.35^‡	− 0.24*	83.3 [45.8]	91.7 [41.7]
Intimate relationships	75 [50]	− 0.43§	0.25*	− 0.19	− 0.15	− 0.12	75 [37.5]	75 [37.5]
Burden to others	66.7 [50]	− 0.17	0.04	− 0.01	− 0.13	− 0.13	66.7 [50]	66.7 [41.6]
Emotional health	75 [38.5]	− 0.23*	− 0.01	− 0.18	− 0.37^‡	− 0.29^†	70.8 [35.4]	83.3 [25]
Body image	85 [31.3]	− 0.24*	0.01	− 0.09	− 0.34^‡	− 0.24*	80 [37.5]	90 [30]
Fatigue	62.5 [39.1]	− 0.3^†	0.07	− 0.20*	− 0.27^†	− 0.26^†	56.3 [40.6]	75 [37.5]

*p < 0.05; ^†p < 0.01; ^‡p < 0.001; ^§p < 0.0001 (p values by Spearman’s r test); ^||p < 0.05 (p values by Mann–Whitney U test)
LupusQoL Lupus Quality of Life, IQR interquartile range, SLEDAI Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index, SLICC-DI Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Damage Index

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