PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elaheh Aghdassi
AU  - Stacey Morrison
AU  - Carolina Landolt-Marticorena
AU  - Jiandong Su
AU  - Christian A. Pineau
AU  - Dafna Gladman
AU  - Murray Urowitz
AU  - Janet Pope
AU  - Christine Peschken
AU  - Deborah DaCosta
AU  - Joan Wither
AU  - Paul R. Fortin
TI  - The Use of Micronutrient Supplements Is Not Associated with Better Quality of Life and Disease Activity in Canadian Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.090761
DP  - 2009 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.090761
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2009/11/25/jrheum.090761.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2009/11/25/jrheum.090761.full
AB  - Objective Associations between the use of micronutrient supplements (MS) and disease activity, quality of life (QOL), and healthcare resource utilization were studied in a Canadian population of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods QOL was assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form. Healthcare resource utilization and disease activity/damage were determined. Results Of the 259 subjects studied, 53% wereMS users and 34% used only calcium/vitamin D.MS users had a higher Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics score and utilized more healthcare resources. Disease activity and QOL were similar between MS users and nonusers. Conclusion MS are frequently used by patients with SLE and are not associated with concomitant benefit on QOL. MS users utilized more healthcare resources.