diagnostics
Review
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Sarcoidosis:
Diagnosis, Management, and Health Outcomes
Lesley Ann Saketkoo
1,2,3,4,
*, Anne-Marie Russell
5,6,
* , Kelly Jensen
1,4,7
, Jessica Mandizha
8
, Jinny Tavee
9
,
Jacqui Newton
10
, Frank Rivera
11,12
, Mike Howie
10,13
, Rodney Reese
11,12,14
, Melanie Goodman
15
,
Patricia Hart
16
, Bert Strookappe
17,18
, Jolanda De Vries
19,20
, Misha Rosenbach
21
, Mary Beth Scholand
22
,
Mathew R. Lammi
1,2,3
, Marjon Elfferich
17,18
, Elyse Lower
23
, Robert P. Baughman
23
, Nadera Sweiss
24
,
Marc A. Judson
25
and Marjolein Drent
18,26,27
Citation: Saketkoo, L.A.; Russell,
A.-M.; Jensen, K.; Mandizha, J.; Tavee,
J.; Newton, J.; Rivera, F.; Howie, M.;
Reese, R.; Goodman, M.; et al.
Health-Related Quality of Life
(HRQoL) in Sarcoidosis: Diagnosis,
Management, and Health Outcomes.
Diagnostics 2021, 11, 1089. https://
doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11061089
Academic Editor: Claudio Tana
Received: 30 April 2021
Accepted: 2 June 2021
Published: 15 June 2021
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1
New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
kjensen1@tulane.edu (K.J.); mlammi@lsuhsc.edu (M.R.L.)
2
Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic Programs,
University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
3
Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
4
Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
5
College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Devon EX1 2LU, UK
6
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London W2 1NY, UK
7
Department of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
8
Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK;
jessica.mandizha@nhs.net
9
Department of Neurology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA; taveej@njhealth.org
10
Sarcoidosis UK, China Works, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ, UK; jacquijnewton@gmail.com (J.N.);
mikesarco73@gmail.com (M.H.)
11
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, Chicago, IL 60614, USA; fjr311@gmail.com (F.R.);
rreese1956@gmail.com (R.R.)
12
National Sarcoidosis Support Group, Stronger than Sarcoidosis, New York, NY 11727, USA
13
CGI UK, Space Defense & Intelligence (Cyber Security Operations), London EC3M 3BY, UK
14
Sarcoidosis Awareness Foundation of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA 70812, USA
15
New Orleans Sarcoidosis Support Group, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; nosarcoidosis@gmail.com
16
iHart Wellness Holistic Approach to Sarcoidosis Certified Health & Wellness Coach, International Association
of Professionals, New York, NY 11727, USA; pebhart@gmail.com
17
Department of Physiotherapy, Gelderse Vallei Hospital, 10, 6716 RP Ede, The Netherlands;
strookappeb@zgv.nl (B.S.); marjon.elfferich@hetnet.nl (M.E.)
18
ildcare Foundation Research Team, 6711 NR Ede, The Netherlands; m.drent@hetnet.nl (M.D.)
19
Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital (Adrz), 114, 4462 RA Goes, The Netherlands; jolanda.devries@adrz.nl
20
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
21
Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Clinic, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Misha.Rosenbach@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
22
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Interstitial Lung Disease Center, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA; scholand@genetics.utah.edu
23
Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA;
lowere@ucmail.uc.edu (E.L.); BAUGHMRP@ucmail.uc.edu (R.P.B.)
24
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL 60612, USA; nsweiss@uic.edu
25
Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA;
JudsonM@amc.edu
26
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) Center of Excellence, Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius Hospital,
Koekoekslaan 1, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
27
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 40,
6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
* Correspondence: lsaketk@tulane.edu (L.A.S.); a.russell4@exeter.ac.uk (A.-M.R.)
Abstract: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), though rarely considered as a primary endpoint in
clinical trials, may be the single outcome reflective of patient priorities when living with a health
condition. HRQoL is a multi-dimensional concept that reflects the degree to which a health condition
interferes with participation in and fulfillment of important life areas. HRQoL is intended to capture
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