Fatigue and its relationship with disease-related factors in patients with systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: Along with the decrease in diffusion capacity, increase dyspnea, a decrease in both peripheral and respiratory muscle strength and worsening functional capacity may have an effect on increased fatigue in SSc patients. Increased fatigue can also affect patients' life quality and daily life activities. Therefore, we recommend multidisciplinary approaches to evaluate and improve these parameters in the treatment of fatigue from the early period in SSc patients. PMID: 32927933 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences - Category: General Medicine Tags: Turk J Med Sci Source Type: research