Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Biopsychosocial factors associated with body image in Brazilian women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Authors' conclusion
Body image in women with SLE is associated with factors across different biopsychosocial domains, suggesting that it should not be examined solely from a clinical perspective. Rather, psychological and social factors should be considered alongside disease-related characteristics to support more comprehensive approaches to the assessment and care of body image concerns in this population.
Study context
- Population
- Brazilian women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)women with SLE
- Participants
- 597 women
- Outcome
- Bivariate associations with poorer body image
Methodological detailshierarchical multiple linear regression including theoretically pre-specified sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological blocks
- Hierarchical multiple linear regression including theoretically pre-specified sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological blocks
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Poorer body image was associated with active disease, skin lesions, joint pain, serous membrane inflammation, fever without infection, lower life satisfaction, higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, lower educational attainment, and lower household income
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Variance in body image explained by the final model
- Final model, variance explained
- 35.4%
- Psychological variables, beyond sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
- 17.7%
Independent associations with body image
- Greater life satisfaction and unintentional weight loss independently associated with more positive body image
- Higher levels of depression, skin lesions, and joint pain independently associated with poorer body image
Original publication
Biopsychosocial factors associated with body image in Brazilian women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Lupus. Published 3 November 2026. doi:10.
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