Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of LupusQoL: Assessment of disease-specific health-related quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus
Authors' conclusion
LupusQoL-JP was successfully translated, adapted, and validated. It demonstrated good concurrent validity with comparable domains of the SF-36 and was independent of SLEDAI-2K.
Study context
- Population
- Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at a university clinictwo periods
- Participants
- 266 vs 133
- Exposure
- Initial period vs Second period
- Initial periodn = 266
- Second periodn = 133
- Outcome
- Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of LupusQoL (LupusQoL-JP)
Methodological detailstwo independent cross-sectional analyses, single university clinic, questionnaire translation and validation
- Two independent cross-sectional analyses
- Single university clinic
- Questionnaire translation and validation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Internal consistency acceptable (Cronbach's α)
> 0.8
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of LupusQoL: Assessment of disease-specific health-related quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. Published 19 May 2025. doi:10.
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