Rheumatic Disease-Related Symptoms During the Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systemic rheumatic diseases are characterized by diverse symptoms that are exacerbated by stressors.

Questions/purposes

Our goal was to identify COVID-19-related stressors that patients associated with worsening rheumatic disease symptoms.

Methods

With approval of their rheumatologists, patients at an academic medical center were interviewed with open-ended questions about the impact of COVID-19 on daily life. Responses were analyzed with qualitative methods using grounded theory and a comparative analytic approach to generate categories of stressors.

Results

Of 112 patients enrolled (mean age 50 years, 86% women, 34% non-white or Latino, 30% with lupus, 26% with rheumatoid arthritis), 2 patients had SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients reported that copin

SUBMITTER: Mancuso CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500497 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature