Abstract
RP is the most common manifestation of SSc and a major cause of disease-related morbidity. This review provides a detailed appraisal of the patient experience of SSc-RP and potential implications for disease classification, patient-reported outcome instrument development and SSc-RP clinical trial design. The review explores the clinical features of SSc-RP, the severity and burden of SSc-RP symptoms and the impact of SSc-RP on function, work and social participation, body image dissatisfaction and health-related quality of life in SSc. Where management of SSc-RP is concerned, the review focuses on the 'patient experience' of interventions for SSc-RP, examining geographic variation in clinical practice and potential barriers to the adoption of treatment recommendations concerning best-practice management of SSc-RP. Knowledge gaps are highlighted that could form the focus of future research. A more thorough understanding of the patient experience could support the development of novel reported outcome instruments for assessing SSc-RP.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | key026 |
| Pages (from-to) | 18-26 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Rheumatology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 12 Mar 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
Keywords
- Disability
- Function
- Health-related quality of life
- Impact
- Patient experience
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Systemic sclerosis
- Humans
- Male
- Social Participation/psychology
- Body Image/psychology
- Quality of Life
- Adult
- Female
- Scleroderma, Systemic/complications
- Raynaud Disease/etiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology (medical)
- Rheumatology
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