Featured Publications
Removing barriers and disparities in health: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Sirotich E, Hausmann J. Removing barriers and disparities in health: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Reviews Rheumatology 2020, 17: 125-126. PMID: 33028959, PMCID: PMC7540430, DOI: 10.1038/s41584-020-00524-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Patient perspectives on telemedicine use in rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Maheswaranathan M, Miller B, Ung N, Sinha R, Harrison C, Egeli B, Degirmenci H, Sirotich E, Liew J, Grainger R, Chock E. Patient perspectives on telemedicine use in rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Clinical Rheumatology 2023, 43: 543-552. PMID: 37552351, DOI: 10.1007/s10067-023-06717-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRheumatic diseasesPerson visitsTelemedicine useMedication changesCOVID-19 pandemicCare of patientsPerspectives of patientsMethodsAn anonymous online surveyPerspectives of telemedicineDisease activityComplete responseMost patientsPatient's perspectiveTelemedicine effectivenessPatientsAnonymous online surveyFree-text responsesSimilar effectivenessDiseaseVisitsTelemedicine usersRheumatologyYounger participantsTelemedicineClinical tasks
2022
The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology training—results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance trainee survey
Young K, Yeoh S, Putman M, Sattui S, Conway R, Graef E, Kilian A, Konig M, Sparks J, Ugarte-Gil M, Upton L, Berenbaum F, Bhana S, Costello W, Hausmann J, Machado P, Robinson P, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Yazdany J, Liew J, Grainger R, Wallace Z, Jayatilleke A. The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology training—results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance trainee survey. Rheumatology Advances In Practice 2022, 6: rkac001. PMID: 35392427, PMCID: PMC8982766, DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkac001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatology traineesCOVID-19Rheumatology trainingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicOutpatient clinicInpatient consultationsClinical careClinical experiencePatient careWeb-based surveyPhysical healthTrainee surveyClinical learning environmentCareClinical work
2021
Immediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases
Hausmann J, Kennedy K, Simard J, Liew J, Sparks J, Moni T, Harrison C, Larché M, Levine M, Sattui S, Semalulu T, Foster G, Surangiwala S, Thabane L, Beesley R, Durrant K, Mateus E, Mingolla S, Nudel M, Palmerlee C, Richards D, Liew D, Hill C, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Machado P, Robinson P, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Yazdany J, Sirotich E, Alliance C, Robinson P, Bhana S, Liew J, Sufka P, Singh N, Howard R, Kim A, Westrich-Robertson T, Sirotich E, Tsui E, Duarte-Garcia A, Sparks J, Tam H, Jayatilleke A, Konig M, Graef E, Putman M, Syed R, Korsten P, Mateus E, Sattui S, Wallace Z, Laura U, Adam K, Chock Y, White D, Zamora G, Traboco L, Patel A, Grainger R, Ugarte-Gil M, Gianfrancesco M, Amigues I, Sanchez-Alvarez C, Trupin L, Jacobsohn L, Beesley R, Hoyer B, Machado P, Makan K, Gossec L, Priyank C, Leipe J, Wallace B, Angeles-Han S, Almaghlouth I, Katherine W, Padula A, Berenbaum F, Treemarcki E, Sinha R, Lewandowski L, Webb K, Young K, Bulina I, Uribe S, Rubinstein T, Nolan M, Ang E, Venuturupalli S, Hausmann J, Dubreuil M, Pisoni C, Cosatti M, Campos J, Simard J, Conway R, Peterson T, Harrison C, Felix C, Richards D, Proulx L, Akpabio A, Worthing A, Laidlaw L, Reid P, Palmerlee C, Danila M, Sahar L, Linh N, Agarwal A, Studenic P, Liew D, Larche M, Mingolla S, Zamora E, Angevare S, Sinha R, Durrant K, Peirce A, Somers E, Cappelli L, Frankel B, Kumar B, Krupnikova S, Vega J, Frankovich J, Fernandez-Ruiz R, Velásquez M, Yeoh S, Marino M, Nudel M, Scott C, Rodríguez C, Mancheño A, Seo P, Gamboa-Cárdenas R, Pimentel-Quiroz V, Reátegui-Sokolova C, Kihara M, Lin C, Kattula D, Laila G, Carmona L, Wallace J, Yazdany J, Costello W, Gore-massy M, Tomasella L, Kodek M. Immediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases. The Lancet Rheumatology 2021, 3: e707-e714. PMID: 34316727, PMCID: PMC8298011, DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00175-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatic disease diagnosisRheumatic diseasesHealth care accessCOVID-19 diagnosisNon-inflammatory rheumatic diseasesSARS-CoV-2 exposureAdults age 18 yearsCOVID-19 pandemicRheumatic disease activityAutoimmune rheumatic diseasesSystemic lupus erythematosusHealth care useAge 18 yearsCOVID-19 exposurePatient experience surveysProtective behaviorsPublic health advicePatient support organisationsAntirheumatic medicationsMedication affordabilityDisease activityComplete responseLupus erythematosusRheumatoid arthritisSjögren's syndrome
2020
The Rheumatology Community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic: the establishment of the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance
Wallace Z, Bhana S, Hausmann J, Robinson P, Sufka P, Sirotich E, Yazdany J, Grainger R. The Rheumatology Community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic: the establishment of the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance. Rheumatology 2020, 59: 1204-1206. PMID: 32374851, PMCID: PMC7239169, DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa191.Peer-Reviewed Original Research