1. Quality of life in spondyloarthritis: analysis of a large brazilian cohort
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Percival D. Sampaio-Barros, José Antonio Braga da Silva, Antonio Carlos Ximenes, Marcelo de Medeiros Pinheiro, Gustavo Gomes Resende, Elisa N. Albuquerque, Manoel Barros Bertolo, Célio Roberto Gonçalves, Adriana Bruscato Bortoluzzo, Ivânio Alves Pereira, Izaias Pereira da Costa, Valderílio Feijó Azevedo, Cristiano Campanholo, Rita Menin, Angela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Rubens Bonfiglioli, Hellen M.S. Carvalho, Valeria Valim, Sonia A.L. Lima, Washington A. Bianchi, Francisco Airton Castro Rocha, Walber Pinto Vieira, Maria de Fátima Lobato da Cunha Sauma, Eduardo de Souza Meirelles, Nocy H. Leite, Thelma L. Skare, Mauro Waldemar Keiserman, Sandra Lúcia Euzébio Ribeiro, Charles Lubianca Kohem, Sueli Carneiro, Mittermayer Barreto Santiago, and Elizandra Polito
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ankylosing Spondylitis ,Severity of Illness Index ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Qualidade de vida ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Espondiloartrite ,Disease-Activity ,Internal medicine ,Statistical significance ,Severity of illness ,Spondylarthritis ,Spondyloarthritis ,Validation ,AsqolAnkylosing-Spondylitis ,Medicine ,Espondilite anquilosante ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,ASQoL ,Quality Of Life ,General Environmental Science ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Ankylosing spondylitis ,business.industry ,Questionnaire ,Arthritis ,Asqol ,medicine.disease ,Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life ,Criteria ,Rheumatology ,Cohort ,Physical therapy ,Quality of Life ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Female ,business ,Brazil ,Cohort study ,Demography - Abstract
Objective: To analyze quality of life and demographic and clinical variables associated to its impairment in a large Brazilian cohort of patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: A common protocol of investigation was applied to 1465 Brazilian patients classified as SpA according to the European Spondyloarthropaties Study Group (ESSG) criteria, attended at 29 reference centers for Rheumatology in Brazil. Clinical and demographic variables were recorded. Quality of life was analyzed through the Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL) questionnaire. Results: The mean ASQoL score was 7.74 (+/- 5.39). When analyzing the specific diseases in the SpA group, the ASQoL scores did not present statistical significance. Demographic data showed worse scores of ASQoL associated with female gender (p = 0.014) and African Brazilian ethnicity (p
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- 2016