Gláucio Ricardo Werner de Castro, Silvania Ana Fernandes de Castro, Ivanio Alves Pereira, Adriana Fontes Zimmermann, Maria Amazile Toscano, Fabricio Souza Neves, Maria Aparecida Scottini, Juliane Paupitz, Julia Salvan da Rosa, Ziliani Buss, Tânia Silvia Fröde
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the parameters associated with quality of life in patients with Paget's disease of bone. METHODS: Patients with Paget's disease of bone were evaluated with SF-36 and WHOQOL-bref questionnaires. Patients with other diseases that could cause significant impairment of their quality of life were excluded. We searched for correlations between the results and: age, time from diagnosis, type of involvement, pain related to Paget's disease of bone, limitation to daily activities, deformities, bone specific alkaline phosphatase, the extent of involvement and treatment...
November 2017: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia