Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in uncertainty and negative psychological outcomes for patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases for several reasons. It is essential to understand the level of anxiety among rheumatic disease patients at the current situati...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SAGE Publishing
2021-01-01
|
| Series: | Indian Journal of Rheumatology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2021;volume=16;issue=2;spage=200;epage=203;aulast=Yathish |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1846096814906802176 |
|---|---|
| author | G C Yathish Yogesh Preet Singh Shiva Prasad Nagaraj Srinivasulu Sharath Kumar R Subramanian Pramod Chebbi Vikramraj Jain Naman Jain Satish Kumar |
| author_facet | G C Yathish Yogesh Preet Singh Shiva Prasad Nagaraj Srinivasulu Sharath Kumar R Subramanian Pramod Chebbi Vikramraj Jain Naman Jain Satish Kumar |
| author_sort | G C Yathish |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in uncertainty and negative psychological outcomes for patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases for several reasons. It is essential to understand the level of anxiety among rheumatic disease patients at the current situation of COVID-19.
Objectives and Methods: A web-based cross-sectional multicenter survey was done across 5 rheumatology centers in India. The study duration was between 9th May and May 16, 2020. The questionnaire included consent, demographic details, medication history, opinion about tele rheumatology services, and anxiety score measured by Beck Anxiety Inventory.
Results: The survey was sent to 2987 patients, there were 933 responses, and 581 were complete (male = 175). Complete responses were considered for data analysis. Rheumatoid arthritis was the most frequent (50.6%) diagnosis followed by other conditions. Most of the patients (43%) were on combination disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy, 12.7% of patients were on biological drugs, and 23.9% of patients were on glucocorticoids (GCs). Statistically significant higher anxiety scores were observed in females (8.79 ± 9.3), fibromyalgia patients (19.78 ± 14.8), patients on GCs (9.26 ± 8.8), and biological agents (10.65 ± 10.6). Difficulty in meeting rheumatologists and getting medications was expressed by 327 (56.2%) and 73 (29.7%) respondents, respectively.
Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that anxiety is a major concern in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Fibromyalgia patients and those who were on GC and biological drugs were found to have more anxiety levels compared to other groups of patients. There is a need to intensify the awareness and address the mental health issues. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-c3cc87ddbf944a2c80a59caf1e7c345a |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 0973-3698 0973-3701 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-01-01 |
| publisher | SAGE Publishing |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Indian Journal of Rheumatology |
| spelling | doaj-art-c3cc87ddbf944a2c80a59caf1e7c345a2025-01-02T05:59:47ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Rheumatology0973-36980973-37012021-01-0116220020310.4103/injr.injr_175_20Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric surveyG C YathishYogesh Preet SinghShiva PrasadNagaraj SrinivasuluSharath KumarR SubramanianPramod ChebbiVikramraj JainNaman JainSatish KumarBackground: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in uncertainty and negative psychological outcomes for patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases for several reasons. It is essential to understand the level of anxiety among rheumatic disease patients at the current situation of COVID-19. Objectives and Methods: A web-based cross-sectional multicenter survey was done across 5 rheumatology centers in India. The study duration was between 9th May and May 16, 2020. The questionnaire included consent, demographic details, medication history, opinion about tele rheumatology services, and anxiety score measured by Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: The survey was sent to 2987 patients, there were 933 responses, and 581 were complete (male = 175). Complete responses were considered for data analysis. Rheumatoid arthritis was the most frequent (50.6%) diagnosis followed by other conditions. Most of the patients (43%) were on combination disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy, 12.7% of patients were on biological drugs, and 23.9% of patients were on glucocorticoids (GCs). Statistically significant higher anxiety scores were observed in females (8.79 ± 9.3), fibromyalgia patients (19.78 ± 14.8), patients on GCs (9.26 ± 8.8), and biological agents (10.65 ± 10.6). Difficulty in meeting rheumatologists and getting medications was expressed by 327 (56.2%) and 73 (29.7%) respondents, respectively. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that anxiety is a major concern in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Fibromyalgia patients and those who were on GC and biological drugs were found to have more anxiety levels compared to other groups of patients. There is a need to intensify the awareness and address the mental health issues.http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2021;volume=16;issue=2;spage=200;epage=203;aulast=Yathishanxietyautoimmune rheumatic diseasesbiological drugscovid-19glucocorticoids |
| spellingShingle | G C Yathish Yogesh Preet Singh Shiva Prasad Nagaraj Srinivasulu Sharath Kumar R Subramanian Pramod Chebbi Vikramraj Jain Naman Jain Satish Kumar Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey Indian Journal of Rheumatology anxiety autoimmune rheumatic diseases biological drugs covid-19 glucocorticoids |
| title | Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey |
| title_full | Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey |
| title_fullStr | Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey |
| title_short | Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders: A web-based cross-sectional multicentric survey |
| title_sort | psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with rheumatological disorders a web based cross sectional multicentric survey |
| topic | anxiety autoimmune rheumatic diseases biological drugs covid-19 glucocorticoids |
| url | http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2021;volume=16;issue=2;spage=200;epage=203;aulast=Yathish |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gcyathish psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT yogeshpreetsingh psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT shivaprasad psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT nagarajsrinivasulu psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT sharathkumar psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT rsubramanian psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT pramodchebbi psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT vikramrajjain psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT namanjain psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey AT satishkumar psychologicalimpactofcoronavirusdisease2019pandemiconpatientswithrheumatologicaldisordersawebbasedcrosssectionalmulticentricsurvey |