Thank you for participating in my study about the emotional, social, and physical impact of COVID-19 on the Autoimmune Disease community and how patients attempt to cope with their disease. My name is Scott Weitman and I am a 17 year old high school student living with an autoimmune disease called alopecia areata. Alopecia areata causes me to lose my hair and it is certainly a challenge to be a teenager with this disease.
The goal of my survey based project is to analyze the emotional, social, and physical impact of COVID-19 on autoimmune disease patients as well as identifying effective coping strategies for people living with an autoimmune disease.
Important information to know before beginning the survey:
-The purpose of this study is to:
-gain insight into the emotional, social, and physical impact of COVID-19 on autoimmune diseases.
-gain insight into how people attempt to cope with their autoimmune disease.
-share effective coping strategies with people struggling with an autoimmune disease.
-The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
-The survey is for anyone above the age of 7 years old.
-If the participant is younger than 18 years old they have to have parental consent.
-An asterisk* means that the question is required.
-Your responses will be kept completely confidential and anonymous.
-You are allowed to stop your participation in the survey at any time.
-Your answers to the survey questions will not be able to be linked back to you.
-While completing the survey, you will have to scroll to the right to see the other response options.
-If you have any questions regarding the survey, you can reach out to me at
scott.weitman@yorktown.org or my science research teachers, Mr. Rubeo at
prubeo@yorktown.org and Mrs. Burke at
sburke@yorktown.org.