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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : The health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis: a comparison with a selected sample of healthy people | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access The health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis a comparison with a selected sample of healthy people Fausto Salaffi 1 Marina Carotti2 Stefania Gasparini1 Michele Intorcia3 and Walter Grassi1 Address 1Dipartimento di Patologia Molecolare e Terapie Innovative Clinica Reumatologica - Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy 2Dipartimento di Radiologia . Radiologia Clinica - Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy and 3Global Epidemiology and Outcomes Research Bristol-Myers Squibb Roma Italy Email Fausto Salaffi - fsalaff@ Marina Carotti - Stefania Gasparini - gasparinistefania@ Michele Intorcia - Walter Grassi - Corresponding author Published 18 March 2009 Received 22 October 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 25 doi 1477-7525-7-25 Accepted 18 March 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 25 2009 Salaffi et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The health-related quality of life HRQL is an important indicator of the burden of musculoskeletal disease. The Medical Outcome Study Short-Term 36 SF-36 is the most used tool that evaluates HRQL as a subjective perception about psychological and physical limitations due to an underlying illness. The purpose of this study was to compare the HRQL scores among patients with rheumatoid arthritis RA psoriatic arthritis PsA and ankylosing spondylitis AS and a selected sample of health people and determine their relationship with measures of clinical condition. Methods 799 patients 469