Sloan, Melanie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-5182
Pollak, Thomas A.
D’Cruz, David
Diment, Wendy
Bosley, Michael
Lever, Elliott
Mann, Farhana
Sloan, Benjamin
Brimicombe, James
Morris, Stephen
Naughton, Felix
Funding for this research was provided by:
LUPUS UK
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (The Lupus trust)
Article History
Received: 29 May 2025
Accepted: 5 August 2025
First Online: 24 September 2025
Declarations
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: MS reports funding to her Cambridge research group from LUPUS UK, The lupus trust, NIHR and Vasculitis UK, and has received consultancy fees paid to her department from OtoImmune. DD’C reports consultancy/speaker fees from: GSK, Eli Lilly, Vifor and UCB, and a leadership role on the board of APS support UK. All other authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.
: Ethical approval was obtained through the Cambridge Psychology Research Committee on 20/03/23: PRE 2023.026. Informed consent was taken electronically at the start of the online surveys and recorded verbally on audio-recordings for interviews.