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Experiences of patients identifying with chronic Lyme disease in the healthcare system: a qualitative study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Primary Care, May 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

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Title
Experiences of patients identifying with chronic Lyme disease in the healthcare system: a qualitative study
Published in
BMC Primary Care, May 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2296-15-79
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Authors

Ather Ali, Lawrence Vitulano, Robert Lee, Theresa R Weiss, Eve R Colson

Abstract

Chronic Lyme disease is a term that describes a constellation of persistent symptoms in patients with or without evidence of previous Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Patients labeled as having chronic Lyme disease have a substantial clinical burden. Little is known about chronic Lyme disease patient experiences in the healthcare system and their relationships with healthcare providers. The purpose of this study was to gather insights about the experiences of patients who carry a diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease in the United States healthcare system.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 103 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 20 19%
Researcher 17 16%
Student > Master 17 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 10%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 9 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 13%
Psychology 13 13%
Social Sciences 12 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 8%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 15 14%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 August 2023.
All research outputs
#1,765,115
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Primary Care
#183
of 2,359 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#17,375
of 242,176 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Primary Care
#3
of 59 outputs
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