Individualized patient decision-aid for immunosuppressive drugs in women with lupus nephritis: study protocol of a randomized, controlled trial
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- 作者：Jasvinder A. Singh ; Nipam Shah ; Candace Green
- 关键词：Lupus ; Lupus nephritis ; Minorities ; Women ; Decision ; aid ; Randomized trial ; Randomized controlled trial
- 刊名：BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：18
- 期：1
- 全文大小：469KB
- 刊物主题：Orthopedics; Rehabilitation; Rheumatology; Sports Medicine; Internal Medicine; Epidemiology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2474
- 卷排序：18
文摘
BackgroundSystemic Lupus erythematosus (SLE), also commonly referred to as lupus, is a rare, but sometimes, fatal disease, that primarily affects young women. Lupus nephritis, a common manifestation of lupus, is more common and more devastating in patients of minority race/ethnicity. Patients have negative views of immunosuppressive drugs for lupus nephritis due to a concern about side effects and under-appreciation of its benefit. We designed a study to assess the effectiveness of individualized, computerized patient decision-aid for immunosuppressive drugs for lupus nephritis compared to a standard pamphlet for patient decision-making.