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

Table 3

SLEQoL, FACIT, PHQ-9, and PSQI in the study population based on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) test ().

Variables	Adrenal insufficiency ()	Normal adrenal function ()	value
Total SLEQoL ()			0.77
Physical ()			0.93
Activity ()			0.64
Symptom ()		15.5 ± 7.87	0.88
Treatment ()			0.83
Mood ()			0.98
Self-image ()			0.35
FACIT ()			0.22
PHQ-9 ()			0.24
(, %)	2 (40)	7 (20.6)	0.34
PSQI ()			0.77
(, %)	2 (40)	18 (52.9)	0.59

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.