Title |
Assessing the feasibility of a web-based registry for multiple orphan lung diseases: the Australasian Registry Network for Orphan Lung Disease (ARNOLD) experience
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Published in |
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, April 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s13023-016-0389-z |
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Authors |
K. Casamento, A. Laverty, M. Wilsher, J. Twiss, E. Gabbay, I. Glaspole, A. Jaffe, On behalf the Pulmonary Interstitial Vascular Organisational Taskforce (PIVOT) of the Lung Foundation Australia |
Abstract |
We investigated the feasibility of using an online registry to provide prevalence data for multiple orphan lung diseases in Australia and New Zealand. A web-based registry, The Australasian Registry Network of Orphan Lung Diseases (ARNOLD) was developed based on the existing British Paediatric Orphan Lung Disease Registry. All adult and paediatric respiratory physicians who were members of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand in Australia and New Zealand were sent regular emails between July 2009 and June 2014 requesting information on patients they had seen with any of 30 rare lung diseases. Prevalence rates were calculated using population statistics. Emails were sent to 649 Australian respiratory physicians and 65 in New Zealand. 231 (32.4 %) physicians responded to emails a total of 1554 times (average 7.6 responses per physician). Prevalence rates of 30 rare lung diseases are reported. A multi-disease rare lung disease registry was implemented in the Australian and New Zealand health care settings that provided prevalence data on orphan lung diseases in this region but was limited by under reporting. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
United States | 2 | 25% |
Australia | 1 | 13% |
Argentina | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
Scientists | 2 | 25% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 25 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Unspecified | 4 | 16% |
Researcher | 4 | 16% |
Student > Master | 4 | 16% |
Professor | 3 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 8% |
Other | 6 | 24% |
Unknown | 2 | 8% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 32% |
Unspecified | 4 | 16% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 16% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 12% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
Other | 3 | 12% |
Unknown | 2 | 8% |