High disease activity of ankylosing spondylitis in the community before the introduction of tumour necrosis factor blockers

Between January and April 2003, a questionnaire to assess ankylosing spondylitis disease activity, function and pain levels using the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) and a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was distribute...

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Published in:Annals of the rheumatic diseases 2007-04, Vol.66 (4), p.561-562
Main Authors: Hermann, Josef, Müller, Thomas, Yazdani-Biuki, Babak, Aringer, Martin, Herold, Manfred, Ebner, Wolfgang, Ofner, Petra, Graninger, Winfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Aged
Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use
Back pain
Cardiovascular disease
Community Health Services
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Gangrene
Humans
Letters
Male
Market shares
Middle Aged
Pain - etiology
Pharmaceutical industry
Questionnaires
Rheumatology
Severity of Illness Index
Spondylitis, Ankylosing - drug therapy
TNF inhibitors
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - antagonists & inhibitors
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
Womens health
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Summary:Between January and April 2003, a questionnaire to assess ankylosing spondylitis disease activity, function and pain levels using the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) and a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was distributed to all 1400 members of the Austrian ankylosing spondylitis patient's association treated in the community, to patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated in tertiary rheumatology centres and to consecutive sex-matched controls with coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus or goitre without signs of inflammatory rheumatic pain attending a general internal medicine outpatient clinic.
ISSN:0003-4967
1468-2060
DOI:10.1136/ard.2006.060061