Table 6.

Quality of life in patients with active morphea; values expressed as mean (SEM)

	Pediatric-onset	Adult-onset	P value
Skindex-29, number scored	10	77
Emotion score	38.3 (7.2)	40.5 (2.8)	0.78
Symptom score	21.8 (5.5)	39.5 (3.0)	0.04
Function score	11.7 (5.9)	23.5 (2.8)	0.15
DLQI, number scored	18	134
DLQI score	4.8 (1.5)	7.3 (0.6)	0.15
SF-36, number scored	10	73
Physical
Physical functioning	53.4 (2.3)	44.1 (1.6)	0.04
Physical role	51.3 (2.6)	45.2 (1.4)	0.13
Bodily pain	55.3 (3.6)	48.0 (1.9)	0.17
General health	47.8 (4.7)	44.9 (1.2)	0.44
Mental
Vitality	52.6 (3.4)	43.9 (1.4)	0.03
Social functioning	49.5 (3.4)	44.3 (1.6)	0.25
Emotional role	49.0 (3.6)	43.8 (1.6)	0.26
Mental health	47.5 (3.1)	45.1 (1.2)	0.49
Physical component summary	53.8 (2.4)	46.1 (1.5)	0.07
Mental component summary	47.4 (3.4)	44.2 (1.3)	0.39