Systemic sclerosis & Raynaud's
Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry (CONQUER) Scleroderma: association of gastrointestinal tract symptoms in early disease with resource utilization
Authors' conclusion
This report from the CONQUER cohort suggests that severe GIT symptoms result in more resource utilization.
Study context
- Population
- SSc patients with <5 years of disease duration enrolled at scleroderma centres in the USA (CONQUER registry) who completed baseline and 12-month GIT 2.0 and Resource Utilization Questionnaire (RUQ)
- Participants
- 211 patients
- Exposure
- GIT 2.0 total severity categories: none-to-mild vs moderate vs severe-to-very severe
- Outcome
- Self-reported resource utilization (RUQ) by GIT 2.0 severity category
- Follow-up
- 12 months
Methodological detailsmulticentre registry, longitudinal
- Multicentre registry
- Longitudinal
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
CONQUER Scleroderma: association of gastrointestinal tract symptoms in early disease with resource utilization. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 20 April 2023. doi:10.
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