Virtual rheumatology appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international survey of perspectives of patients with rheumatic diseases

Alyssa Howren; J Antonio Aviña-Zubieta; Nevena Rebić; Hallie Dau; Louise Gastonguay; Kam Shojania; Eileen Davidson; Mary A De Vera

doi:10.1007/s10067-020-05338-3

Virtual rheumatology appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international survey of perspectives of patients with rheumatic diseases

Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Nov;39(11):3191-3193. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05338-3. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

Authors

Alyssa Howren^{1

2

3}, J Antonio Aviña-Zubieta^{3

4}, Nevena Rebić^{1

2

3}, Hallie Dau^{1

2}, Louise Gastonguay^{1

2}, Kam Shojania^{3

4}, Eileen Davidson³, Mary A De Vera^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁵ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mdevera@mail.ubc.ca.
⁶ Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mdevera@mail.ubc.ca.
⁷ Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada. mdevera@mail.ubc.ca.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Delivery of Health Care* / methods
Delivery of Health Care* / trends
Female
Global Health
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Male
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Quality Improvement
Remote Consultation* / methods
Remote Consultation* / standards
Rheumatic Diseases* / diagnosis
Rheumatic Diseases* / epidemiology
Rheumatic Diseases* / therapy
Rheumatology / trends
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Telemedicine* / methods
Telemedicine* / organization & administration
Telemedicine* / standards