Episode notes
Today on The Wellness Pharmacist with Dr. Kat we’re talking about an important new study published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology on February 3, 2025 about patient-reported outcomes and how it predicts health-related quality of life.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are powerful tools!
🔹 Fatigue is a major burden.
🔹 Doctors and patients don’t always see eye to eye.
Listener Question:
📞 “Hi, Dr. Kat. My doctor mostly relies on lab tests to track my lupus, but I feel awful even when my blood work looks fine. How can I get my doctor to take my symptoms more seriously?”
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