Testing the waters: COVID-19 first wave and shielding among BAME patients with rheumatological conditions in the United Kingdom

Musculoskeletal Care. 2021 Jun;19(2):244-246. doi: 10.1002/msc.1531. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

Authors

Shirish Dubey¹, Kanta Kumar^{2

3}, Helen Bunting¹, Tom Sheeran³, Barbara Douglas³, Jessy Sabu⁴, Manjeet Attwal⁴, Arumugam Moorthy^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
² Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation Trust, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK.
⁴ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
⁵ College of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

PMID: 33306871
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1531

No abstract available

Keywords: BAME; COVID-19; ethnicity; shielding.

MeSH terms

Asian People / psychology*
Black People / psychology*
COVID-19 / ethnology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Female
Health Behavior / ethnology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / ethnology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Minority Groups / psychology*
Rheumatic Diseases / complications
Rheumatic Diseases / ethnology*
Rheumatic Diseases / therapy
United Kingdom / epidemiology