1701 Improving completion rates of routine mental health screening for depression and anxiety in paediatric lupus outpatient clinic to enhance patient mental health care

Abstract

weighting, all covariates were balanced in each comparison, with mean age 45 and 94% female; glucocorticoids were used by 56% of patients. Belimumab was associated with a lower incidence of severe infection (HR 0.81 [95% CI 0.72-0.92]) and hospitalization for infection (HR 0.73 [95% CI 0.57-0.94]) than was azathioprine through 5 years of use (table 2). Findings were similar for the other medication comparisons (figure 1). There was no difference in the risk of injury/ trauma. Conclusions In this large cohort of patients with non-renal SLE, after rigorous propensity score overlap weighting to balance multiple covariates, belimumab was associated with a lower risk of severe infection and hospitalizations due to severe infection compared to several comparative oral immunosuppressants. This finding should inform risk/benefit considerations for SLE treatment.