Can the Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire predict the long-term outcomes in Japanese sarcoidosis patients?

The Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire (SHQ) is the first sarcoidosis-specific health status questionnaire ever developed. Worse health status, as evaluated by the SHQ, indicates higher risk for deterioration in the following 5 years.

Source: Respiratory Medicine - January 11, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kiminobu Tanizawa, Tomohiro Handa, Sonoko Nagai, Toru Oga, Takeshi Kubo, Yutaka Ito, Kensaku Aihara, Kohei Ikezoe, Akihiko Sokai, Yoshinari Nakatsuka, Toyohiro Hirai, Kazuo Chin, Michiaki Mishima, Takateru Izumi Source Type: research