The COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights An Unmet Need To Improve Remote Assessment of Disease Activity in Rare Diseases, Juvenile-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus And Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Abstract Here we report the results of a pilot young patient survey which targeted patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), which explored wellbeing, resilience and general concern about the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was completed anonymously by patients who have been approached via the automatically generated hospital data base between June-December 2020. This pilot study found that generalised concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly higher in females, although their self-reported disease activity scores were comparable with male respondents. Our findings highlight a need to improve remote assessments to facilitate triaging for face-to-face visits in the situation of future pandemics associated with disruption of clinical services, as well as further research in this area of young patient-reported outcomes outside hospital visits..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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ResearchSquare.com - (2021) vom: 29. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peng, Junjie [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Puja [VerfasserIn]
Khatun, Ayesha [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Wing-Han [VerfasserIn]
Hennelly, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Doolan, Georgia [VerfasserIn]
Henty, Julian Robert [VerfasserIn]
Howard, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Jury, Elizabeth C [VerfasserIn]
Ciurtin, Coziana [VerfasserIn]

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-1021418/v1

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XRA034282300