Systemic lupus erythematosus in Portugal: diagnosis and disease awareness from 1970 to 2001.
A survey of systemic lupus erythematosus patients was carried out in Portugal. The length of time from disease appearance to diagnosis remained unchanged over the 1970-2001 study period, while awareness of the disease increased considerably in the population in the mid-1990s, apparently as a result of an awareness campaign conducted by the national lupus support group. The data are compared to results from similar studies worldwide.
Moriarty
Tracy
T
Industrial Biochemistry Section, Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
O'Sullivan
Maureen
M
Tam
Ana
A
Gonçalves
Rosa Maria
RM
Wall
J Gerard
JG
D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013997:Time Factors