Through the ITP World Impact Survey (I-WISh), which was a collaborative global survey completed by over 1,400 ITP patients and 480 health professionals, we review the perceptions between physicians and patients and identify that fatigue is under-recognised as a symptom and its impact on a patients Quality of life (QoL).
The ITP Impact Survey (I-WISh) is a collaborative investigation among global ITP experts, patient support groups and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
Source: RareDr.com
The interim results for the I-WISh survey undertaken by Novartis, which collaborated with 480 health care providers across 13 countries, found that a high percentage of patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia experienced negative impacts to their quality of life due to the immune disease.