15A175
A quality improvement project to facilitate delivery of high quality care to patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome
Author(s)
Dr Bryan Murphy, Dr Claire Riddell, Dr Elisabeth Ball
Department(s)/Institutions
Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast
Introduction
With emerging evidence for B-cell depletion therapy in Sjögren’s Syndrome1,2,3 it is important patients who may benefit from these therapies are accurately diagnosed, disease severity recorded and those at risk for lymphoma appropriately monitored.
We audited patients attending the Belfast Lupus and Connective Tissue Disease Clinic to document Sjögren’s disease burden; established a database and contributed to the United Kingdom Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Registry (UKPSSR).
Aims/Background
Identify primary (PSS) and secondary Sjögren’s Syndrome (SSS) patients attending the clinic
Determine diagnostic accuracy according to 2002 American- European Consensus Criteria (AECG)4 and 2012 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria (ACR)5 Record disease severity using clinician ESSDAI6 and patient ESSPRI6 scores
Ensure appropriate follow-up of patients to prevent accumulation of disease damage and enable early lymphoma diagnosis
Register data to UKPSSR (http://sjogrensregistry.org/index.php); a national database for PSS research
Method
Patients identified as PSS or SSS from reviews over a 1year period
Audit of charts was performed and registered with the local audit department
Where available documented demographics, diagnostic features, blood tests and lymphoma risk-factors
PSS patients invited to a clinic where ESSDAI/ESSPRI scores, Schirmer’s test and salivary-flow were documented to confirm primary status and consenting patients registered to UKPSSR
Results
Results and database; see Table 1. ACR diagnostic criteria are limiting as we do not routinely refer for lip biopsy or ocular staining scores; 12/15 met AECG criteria. ESSDAI rises with prolonged disease duration however correlation with ESSPRI, Schirmer’s and salivary-flow was not always clear. Three patients had three lymphoma risk-factors, one developed parotid lymphoma. Another had resolution of parotid enlargement following Rituximab.
Conclusions
Data collection provides invaluable information to guide clinical decisions and service development. Using our database we now document relevant features, tests and lymphoma risk-factors and consider ocular staining or salivary gland biopsy if uncertain. Disparity between some patients’ higher self-reported ESSPR compared with clinician ESSDAI raises management challenges. Those with lymphoma riskpage 50 factors will be reviewed more frequently given reported relativerisk of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 13.76 in PSS7. Data was registered with the UKPSSR to aid ongoing research into PSS.