Highlights
- •Impaired quality of life in SLE can be of greater concern from the patient's perspective than disease activity assessed by the physician.
- •Adherence to EULAR-based QIs by physicians does not suffice to provide a favorable impact on the quality of life of SLE patients.
- •An integrated disease modification approach, based on disease activity indices and subjective patients’ wellness, should be considered as primary end point in clinical trials.
Abstract
Objective
Quality indicators (QIs) for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) management based on
the 2019 update of European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations have
been recently proposed. We aimed to determine whether adherence to QIs was associated
with patient reported outcome (PRO).
Methods
Adherence to a set of 18 EULAR-based QIs and correlation with PRO assessed by Lupus
Impact Tracker (LIT) was tested in a cohort of 162 SLE patients.
Results
On average, SLE patients received 41% (33; 52.5) of recommended care. Higher adherence
to monitoring-related QIs was associated with an older age, a shorter SLE disease
duration and a more severe disease (i.e. Class III/IV/V nephritis). LIT demonstrated
that the average impact of lupus on patients’ life was of 30% (12.5;47.5). In multivariable
analysis, patients of female gender (OR 0.25, 95% 0.05–0.94; p = 0.05), with lupus CNS (OR 0.33, 95%CI 0.08–1.05; p = 0.08) and skin involvements (OR 0.49, 95%CI 0.23–1.04; p = 0.07) had higher odds of experiencing a negative impact of the lupus on their life.
No association were found between adherences to QIs by physicians and reported quality
of life in lupus patients.
Conclusion
Our study confirms a variable degree of clinicians’ adherence to QIs for SLE and shows
no clear association between QIs adherence and patient reported outcome. Adherence
to QIs by physicians are not enough to impact the quality of life of patients.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 28, 2022
Accepted:
December 21,
2022
Received in revised form:
December 19,
2022
Received:
October 9,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofIdentification
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