Global disparities in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: results from an international online survey study
Authors' conclusion
We identified marked regional treatment disparities in a global cohort of IIM.
Study context
- Population
- Respondents with IIM (DM, PM, IBM, ASSD, IMNM, OM) to the international COVAD e-survey, 94 countriesof 18,851 respondents
- Participants
- 1,418 respondents
- Outcome
- Current treatments for IIM and interregional differences (by continent, GNI, IIM subtype and organ involvement)
Methodological detailsancillary analysis of the COVAD e-survey, international online survey, multivariable binary logistic regressions
- Ancillary analysis of the COVAD e-survey
- International online survey
- Multivariable binary logistic regressions
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Treatment categories used
IS
49.4%
CS
38.5%
IM
13.8%
IVIG
9.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Most common IIM subtypes
- DM
- 32.4%
- IBM
- 24.5%
- OM
- 15.8%
Original publication
Global disparities in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: results from an international online survey study. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 25 May 2023. doi:10.
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