Glucocorticoid Withdrawal Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 2

SLEQoL, FACIT, PHQ-9, and PSQI in the study population based on serum cortisol levels ().

Variables	Hypocortisolism ()	Eucortisolism ()	Hypercortisolism ()	value
Total SLEQoL ()				0.51
Physical ()				0.57
Activity ()				0.57
Symptom ()				0.64
Treatment ()				0.31
Mood ()				0.53
Self-image ()				0.85
FACIT ()				0.71
PHQ-9 ()				0.29
(, %)	5 (19.2)	9 (18.4)	4 (16)	0.95
PSQI ()				0.76
(, %)	12 (46.2)	27 (55.1)	10 (40)	0.44

SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; SLEQoL: systemic lupus erythematosus quality of life; FACIT: functional assessment of chronic illness therapy; PHQ-9: patient health questionnaire; PSQI: Pittsburgh’s sleep quality index. indicates moderate-severe depressive symptom; indicates poor sleeper.