Examination of the association of sex and race/ethnicity with appearance concerns: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study
| Autor: | Jewett, L. R., Kwakkenbos, L., Carrier, M. -E, Malcarne, V. L., Susan Bartlett, Furst, D. E., Gottesman, K., Mayes, M. D., Assassi, S., Harcourt, D., Williamson, H., Johnson, S. R., Korner, A., Steen, V., Fox, R. S., Gholizadeh, S., Mills, S. D., Molnar, J. C., Rice, D. B., Thombs, B. D. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Web of Science Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 34, 5, Suppl. 100, pp. 92-99 Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 34, 92-99 |
| ISSN: | 0392-856X |
| Popis: | Item does not contain fulltext OBJECTIVES: Appearance concerns are common in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and have been linked to younger age and more severe disease. No study has examined their association with sex or race/ethnicity. METHODS: SSc patients were sampled from the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Cohort. Presence of appearance concerns was assessed with a single item, and medical and sociodemographic information were collected. RESULTS: Of 644 patients, appearance concerns were present in 72%, including 421 of 565 women (75%), 42 of 79 men (53%), 392 of 550 patients who identified as White (71%), 35 of 41 who identified as Black (85%), and 36 of 53 who identified as another race/ethnicity (68%). In multivariate analysis, women had significantly greater odds of reporting appearance concerns than men (odds ratio (OR)=2.97, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.78-4.95, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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