SWEtick - a Prospective Multicenter Study of Tick-borne Diseases in Sweden

Region Jönköping County600 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the SWEtick project is to increase the knowledge of the various clinical presentations of emerging tick-borne diseases (eTBD), to assess their importance for human health, to develop and validate laboratory methods for diagnosis of eTBD, and to develop recommendations for knowledge-driven management of patients with suspected eTBD within the Swedish healthcare system.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

600

Conditions

Tick-Borne Diseases

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 YearHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria in TBD and Non-TBD groups: * Clinical suspicion of tick-borne disease (physician's assessment based on medical history, symptoms, clinical findings and sometimes laboratory results) Exclusion Criteria: * Incapacitated to understand the study information and make decisions (adults and adolescents \>15 years)

Locations (12)

Department of Paediatrics

Falun, Region Dalarna, Sweden

RECRUITING

Department of Paediatrics, Eksjö Hospital

Eksjö, Region Jönköping County, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

EuroQoL-5 Dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D)

Difference in EQ-5D Health index between study inclusion and at the 6 month-follow-up

Time frame: 6 months

Visual Analogue Scale for Health (VAS)

Difference between the VAS units at study inclusion and at 6 month-follow-up.

Time frame: 6 months

Central Contacts

Anna J Henningsson, Senior Associate Professor

CONTACT

46 10 242 12 26 anna.jonsson.henningsson@rjl.se

Johanna Sjöwall, Associate Professor (docent)

CONTACT

46 10 104 08 94 johanna.sjowall@liu.se

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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