Sarıyıldız, Mustafa Akif Dicle University - Faculty of Medicine - Dept Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Turkey , Batmaz, İbrahim Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Budulgan, Mahmut Bismil Devlet Hastanesi - Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, Türkiye , Bozkurt, Mehtap Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon A D, Turkey , Yazmalar, Levent Dicle University - Faculty of Medicine - Dept Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Turkey , Okçu, Mehmet Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon AD, Türkiye , Ulu, Mehmet Ali Batman Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi - Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, Türkiye

Depressive symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis: Association between clinical variables, functional status and the quality of life

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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the depressive symptoms with disease-related variables, functional status and quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Material and methods: Forty patients diagnosed with SSc and 36 healthy control subjects were enrolled in the study. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients such as the Raynaud’s phenomenon, SSc subtype, digital ulcers, gastrointestinal and lung involvement and disease activity were recorded. All patients were assessed using the Short Form-36 Quality of Life (SF-36 QoL) scale, the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Generalized pain and fatigue was assessed with the Visual Analogue Scale. Results: The patients with SSc had significantly higher scores in the depressive symptoms in terms of the BDI score compared to the healthy control group. According to the results of Spearman’s analysis, there was a significantly correlation between the depressive symptoms with education level, generalized pain, dyspnea, disease activity score, gastroesophageal reflux, dysphagia, functional status, mental and physical score of the SF-36. Conclusion: Depressive symptoms is enhanced in patients with SSc. Depressive symptoms is especially associated with the generalised pain, disease activity, dysphagia, functional status, mental and quality of life in patients with SSc.

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Systemic sclerosis , depressive symptom , pain , functional status , quality of life

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