Funding Information: This work was supported by the World Scleroderma Foundation and Edith Busch Stiftung (the EBF and WSF Research Grant Programme 2022\u20132023). Work developed within the scope of iBiMED \u2013 Institute of Biomedicine (references UIDB/04501/2020, DOI https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04501/2020 , UIDP/04501/2020, DOI https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/04501/2020 ), CICECO \u2013 Aveiro Institute of ...
Funding: This research received no external funding. CEISUC/CIBB is funded by national funds through FCT Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the Multiannual Financing of R&D Units 2020–2023.; (1) Background: The UCLA GIT 2.0 questionnaire has been recognized as a feasible and reliable instrument to assess gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and their impact on qual...
Funding Information: No funding was received for conducting this study. CEISUC/CIBB is funded by national funds through FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the Multiannual Financing of R&D Units 2020–2023. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; The Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) was completed with five visual analog scales to assess systemic sclerosis (SSc) c...