Survey on rheumatic disease symptom recognition by the general population

Survey on help‐seeking process in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

“…Early diagnosis is crucial, requiring SLE patients to recognize symptoms early and promptly consult a rheumatologist. Various factors influence early stages of the disease, such as patient characteristics, family dynamics, social networks, and public knowledge or beliefs about the disease (Fara et al., 2023; Pelaez et al., 2015). Once a patient decides to seek medical attention, symptoms may be considered nonspecific or wrongly attributed to other conditions, contributing to diagnostic delays (Gergianaki & Bertsias et al., 2018; Sloan et al., 2020; Sloan et al., 2021).…”