患者报告的症状和多发性骨髓瘤的诊断过程
Rohit Vijjhalwar1, Kaiyang Song1, Roshi Shrestha2
1Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in oncology
|December 15, 2023
概括
晚期诊断多发性髓瘤 (MM) 会增加并发症的风险. 这项研究发现,见到相关的卫生专业人员或经历感染症状会推迟MM诊断,而年龄较大则会加快诊断.
科学领域:
- 血液学 血液学 血液学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 患者旅程研究 患者旅程研究
背景情况:
- 晚期诊断多发性骨髓瘤 (MM) 与终端器官损伤和并发症风险的增加有关.
- 了解患者的诊断旅程对于识别延迟和改善早期检测策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 详细介绍MM患者的诊断旅程,包括症状,初步诊断和咨询的医疗保健专业人员.
- 为了确定从症状发作到MM诊断的中位时间.
- 确定与12周内及时诊断MM相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 从罕见和未诊断疾病队列研究 (RUDY) 中对300名自我报告MM的成年人进行分析.
- 基于Web的平台收集有关症状,医疗咨询和诊断时间表的数据.
- 使用了描述性统计,组合分析和后勤回归.
主要成果:
- 从症状发作到MM诊断的中位时间为4个月.
- 肌肉骨疾病是最常见的先前诊断 (47.8%),背痛是最常见的初始症状 (47%).
- 咨询相关卫生专业人员,出现感染症状或出现胸部/肩部疼痛与延迟诊断有关 (p<0.05). 年龄较大与及时诊断的可能性较高有关 (p=0.001).
结论:
- 多发性骨髓瘤的诊断途径通常会延长,常见的初始症状如背痛被错误地归因.
- 针对相关卫生专业人员的干预措施可能会增强早期MM识别.
- 对患者导航和诊断标准的进一步研究是有必要的.
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