Mrudula Joshi, Naitica Darooka, Sreoshy Saha, Sarah Dyball, Parikshit Sen, Praggya Yaadav, Mahnoor Javaid, Esha Kadam, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Dzifa Dey, Lorenzo Cavagna, Ashima Makol, Carlos Enrique Toro Gutiérrez, Carlo V Caballero Uribe, Masataka Kuwana, Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester, Nelly Ziade, Chris Wincup, Laura Andreoli, Ioannis Parodis, Ai Lyn Tan, Francis Guillemin, Johannes Knitza, Guochun Wang, Nicola Dalbeth, Tsvetelina Velikova, Abraham Edgar Gracia-Ramos, Elena Nikiphorou, Jessica Day, Hector Chinoy, Rohit Aggarwal, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta
BACKGROUND: The pandemic presented unique challenges for individuals with autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) due to their underlying condition, the effects of immunosuppressive treatments, and increased vaccine hesitancy. OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune diseases (COVAD) study, a series of ongoing, patient self-reported surveys were conceived with the vision of being a unique tool to gather patient perspectives on AIRDs. It involved a multinational, multicenter collaborative effort amidst a global lockdown...
May 2024: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases