Health-related quality of life and disease severity of SLE patients in Phramongkutklao Hospital.

Background: The studies of association of disease activity and damage with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in lupus have shown equivocal results and has not been studied in Thailand.

Objective: To examine the HRQOL and to examine the association between HRQOL and SLE disease severity (disease activity and damage) in Thai SLE patients.

Material And Method: The Short Form-36 (SF-36) was applied in 95 consecutive SLE patients.