Marieke A Neyer, Richard S Henry, Marie-Eve Carrier, Linda Kwakkenbos, Gabrielle Virgili-Gervais, Robyn K Wojeck, Amanda Wurz, Amy Gietzen, Karen Gottesman, Geneviève Guillot, Amanda Lawrie-Jones, Maureen D Mayes, Luc Mouthon, Warren R Nielson, Michelle Richard, Maureen Sauvé, Daphna Harel, Vanessa L Malcarne, Susan J Bartlett, Andrea Benedetti, Brett D Thombs
OBJECTIVE: A previous study using Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort data identified five classes of people with systemic sclerosis (also known as scleroderma) based on patient-reported somatic (fatigue, pain, sleep) and mental health (anxiety, depression) symptoms and compared indicators of disease severity between classes. Across four classes ("low", "normal", "high", "very high"), there were progressively worse somatic and mental health outcomes and greater disease severity...
March 11, 2024: Journal of Psychosomatic Research