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Table 1 Demographic and Baseline Characteristics of Patients

From: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: health care disturbances and telemedicine as an alternative rheumatology practice in Indonesia

Characteristic

Population

(n = 311)

Age, mean ± SD

40 (21–68)

Female, n (%)

299 (96.1)

Region, n (%)

 

Java-Bali

260 (84)

Outside Java-Bali

51 (16)

Region Level of PPKM (2nd Wave, August 2021), n (%)

 

1

0 (0)

2

5 (1.6)

3

61 (19.6)

4

245 (78.8)

Rheumatic Condition, n (%)

 

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

217 (70.1)

Rheumatoid Arthritis

86 (27.3)

Systemic Sclerosis/Scleroderma

23 (7.4)

Sjogren Syndrome

20 (6.4)

Ankylosing Spondylitis

7 (2.3)

Psoriatic Arthritis

7 (2.3)

Vasculitis

5 (1.6)

Medications, n (%)

 

Non-Biologic DMARD

231 (74.3)

Glucocorticoid

222 (71.4)

Anti-Malaria

63 (20.3)

No medication therapy

9 (2.9)

Biologic Agent

6 (1.9)

Type of Health Care Disruption, n (%)

 

Need to avoid a hospital visit

81 (26.0)

Stopped medication without medical advice

76 (24.4)

  1. SD: Standard Deviation; PPKM: DMARD: Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug PPKM (Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat/Restriction on Community Activity)