Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19

	Confirmed COVID-19	Clinical picture highly suggestive of COVID-19	Contact with a known COVID-19 patient
Number of patients	4	4	5
Age (years) (mean±SD)	58±5	56±8	54±12
Female, n (%)	4 (100)	3 (75)	4 (80)
Comorbidities, n (%)
Hypertension	1 (25)	2 (50)	1 (20)
Diabetes	0	0	0
Cardiovascular disease	0	0	1 (20)
Other	4 (100)	4 (100)	3 (60)
Smoking, n (%)
Active	1 (25)	0	0
Previous	2 (50)	3 (75)	1 (20)
Rheumatological diagnosis
RA, n (%)	3 (75)	3 (75)	5 (100)
SpA/PA,* n (%)	1 (25)	1* (25)	0
Rheumatological treatment, n (%)
bDMARD
Adalimumab	0	0	1 (20)
Etanercept	2 (50)	2 (50)	0
Abatacept	1 (25)	1 (25)	0
Tocilizumab	0	0	1 (20)
tsDMARD
Tofacitinib	1 (25)	0	1 (20)
Baricitinib	0	1 (25)	2 (40)
Concomitant csDMARD
Methotrexate	2 (50)	1 (25)	3 (60)
Leflunomide	1 (25)	0	1 (20)
Sulfasalazine	0	1 (25)	0
Concomitant hydroxychloroquine	1 (25)	2 (50)	2 (40)
Low-dose glucocorticoids*	2 (50)	2 (50)	2 (40)
Known contact with COVID-19	0	1 (25)	5 (100)
Symptoms, n (%)
Fever	4 (100)	1 (25)	0
Non-productive cough	3 (75)	2 (50)	0
Sputum production	1 (25)	0	0
Rhinorrhea	2 (50)	1 (25)	0
Sore throat	0	0	0
Fatigue	4 (100)	2 (50)	0
Myalgia	2 (50)	1 (25)	0
Arthralgia	1 (25)	1 (25)	0
Anosmia/dysgeusia	3 (75)	3 (75)	0
Dyspnoea at rest	1 (25)	0	0
Dyspnoea on exertion	2 (50)	1 (25)	0
Headache	2 (50)	0	0
Diarrhoea	1 (25)	0	0
Nausea/vomiting	0	0	0
Chest X-ray performed	4 (100)	0†	0
Chest X-ray pathological findings	0	0	0
Hospital admission	1 (25)	0	0

*Glucocorticoids≤5 mg/day prednisone equivalent.

†Subject to home quarantine.

bDMARD, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; PA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SpA, spondyloarthritis; tsDMARD, targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug.