PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elizabeth Reilly
AU  - Sarah Skeoch
AU  - Sarah Hardcastle
AU  - John D Pauling
AU  - Megan Rowe
AU  - Tehseen Ahmed
AU  - Andrew Allard
AU  - Bashaar Boyce
AU  - Ellie Korendowych
AU  - Chloe Lapraik
AU  - William Tillett
AU  - Raj Sengupta
TI  - Evaluation of a patient self-stratification methodology to identify those in need of shielding during COVID-19
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0469
DP  - 2020 Nov 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - e212--e214
VI  - 20
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/6/e212.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/6/e212.full
SO  - Clin Med2020 Nov 01; 20
AB  - The logistical challenges of rapidly and accurately identifying those patients who needed to shield during the COVID-19 pandemic were unprecedented. We report our experiences of meeting this challenge for >9,000 patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease at our centre, incorporating an element of guided patient self-stratification. Our results indicate that patients are able to stratify their own risk accurately using the BSR COVID-19 risk stratification guidance.