Stigma resulting from lack of knowledge about lupus worldwide 2016

This statistic shows the percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with people with lupus as a result of misconceiving lupus to be contagious as of 2016. It was found that 23 percent of people who thought lupus was contagious felt uncomfortable hugging someone with the disease.

Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Feel "less than comfortable" shaking hands with someone with lupus	47%
Feel "less than comfortable" sitting next to someone on a bus who has lupus	44%
Are "uncomfortable" sharing food with someone who has lupus	31%
Are "uncomfortable" hugging someone with lupus	23%

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Release date

May 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 24 to April 8, 2016

Number of respondents

16,911 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

adults from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.

Method of interview

Online survey

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