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Reliability of Inflammatory Back Pain Criteria and Activity Scores in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis
In Brief
An observational study for Axial Spondyloarthritis and Inflammatory Back Pain. Completed, enrolled 206 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The current ASAS classification of AxSpA relies either on sacroiliitis on imaging plus one SpA feature (imaging arm) or HLA-B27 antigen plus two SpA features (clinical arm), in a patient with chronic back pain and age at onset of less than 45 years. IBP which is a major symptom of SpA depends more on patient's perception which is not usually accurate. As well, disease activity is measured by ASDAS, BASDAI, and BASFAI which depend more on subjective measures. Assessment of reliability of IBP criteria, ASDAS, BASDAI, and BASFAI in diagnosis and evaluation of activity of AxSpA is essential for better health care.