Quality of life (LupusPRO) in the patients studied according to remission status (complete or clinical) from last clinic assessment
| LupusPRO domain | Remission (clinical or complete) ≥5 years (n=112) | Remission (clinical or complete) <5 years (n=216) | Non-remission (n=125) | p* | p† |
| HR domains | |||||
| Symptoms | 81.5±18.1 | 74.4±18.3 | 71.3±21.0 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
| Cognition | 67.5±24.5 | 63.1±24.9 | 62.1±26.9 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| Medications | 80.6±23.9 | 70.8±23.3 | 67.6±26.7 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Procreation | 94.4±13.7 | 84.6±23.4 | 82.6±24.1 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Physical health | 88.8±15.7 | 83.5±20.4 | 82.9±20.7 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Pain | 74.3±23.4 | 70.4±22.6 | 67.5±22.5 | 0.15 | 0.02 |
| Emotional | 71.2±24.7 | 63.0±22.9 | 61.1±26.0 | 0.004 | 0.002 |
| Image | 85.3±24.4 | 82.9±22.4 | 78.6±25.0 | 0.39 | 0.04 |
| HRQOL (total) | 80.4±14.9 | 74.1±14.7 | 71.7±17.5 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Non-HR domains | |||||
| Desire/goal | 75.6±23.7 | 69.1±23.0 | 73.3±21.8 | 0.02 | 0.44 |
| Social support | 60.5±31.1 | 60.2±29.5 | 64.7±28.1 | 0.93 | 0.28 |
| Coping | 56.3±24.3 | 54.6±23.7 | 57.4±22.8 | 0.56 | 0.71 |
| Satisfaction with medical care | 44.5±33.2 | 48.2±26.2 | 47.6±24.9 | 0.31 | 0.43 |
| Non-HRQOL (total) | 59.2±18.1 | 58.0±15.2 | 60.8±14.7 | 0.55 | 0.48 |
*Comparison between remission ≥5 years and remission <5 years.
†Comparison between remission ≥5 years and non-remission.
HR, health related; HRQOL, health-related quality of life.