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Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives To explore patients’ perspectives on the impact of appearance changes attributed to glucocorticoid treatment. Methods We conducted a secondary inductive thematic analysis of the ‘Steroid PRO’ semi-structured interviews with patients with r... Read More about Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases.

Impact of glucocorticoids on patients’ quality of life: A qualitative study assessing face validity and feasibility of the Steroid PRO in patients with inflammatory gastroenterology, respiratory and dermatology conditions (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives The Steroid PRO is a treatment-specific patient-reported outcome questionnaire which measures the impact of glucocorticoids on health-related quality of life. It has 15 items grouped into 4 domains (Social impact, Impact on Appearance, Psy... Read More about Impact of glucocorticoids on patients’ quality of life: A qualitative study assessing face validity and feasibility of the Steroid PRO in patients with inflammatory gastroenterology, respiratory and dermatology conditions.

AB1429 Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases treated with glucocorticoids: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Glucocorticoids (GCs) play a pivotal role in the management of inflammatory rheumatic conditions but they can adversely impact on patients in different ways. Conversely, there are certain patient charact... Read More about AB1429 Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases treated with glucocorticoids: A cross-sectional study.

P041 Health-related quality of life in patients receiving glucocorticoids for a rheumatic disease and associated factors: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background/Aims Glucocorticoids (GCs) used in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic conditions can impact on patients in different ways. The objective of this study was to identify socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with health-relat... Read More about P041 Health-related quality of life in patients receiving glucocorticoids for a rheumatic disease and associated factors: A cross-sectional study.

P186 Impact of glucocorticoids on appearance and sense of self in rheumatic diseases (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Validation of a new glucocorticoid-specific Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire (the Steroid PRO) (2023)
Journal Article

Objectives: Glucocorticoids used in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic conditions can impact on health-related quality of life. An underpinning qualitative study developed a long-list of candidate items for a treatment-specific patient-reported... Read More about Validation of a new glucocorticoid-specific Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire (the Steroid PRO).

E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background/Aims Systemic glucocorticoids are key in the management of life- and organ-threatening rheumatic diseases, but have wide-ranging adverse effects of concern to patients and clinicians. We aimed to validate a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) m... Read More about E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models.