Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with spondiloatritis. A multicentric study

Abstract

Introduction: The term Spondylarthritis is a group of chronic inflammatory diseases, with similar clinical features of axial involvement, or peripheral arthritis, dactylitis, enthesitis, uveitis and the presence of HLA B27, insidious, progressive onset, of these patients. Objective: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a group of patients with Spondylarthritis. Methods: A multicenter, descriptive study of a cohort of patients with Spondylarthritis, comprising patients from Hospital de Clínicas and the Central Hospital of IPS. ASAS for Spondylarthritis. A clinical and epidemiological questionnaire was completed and completed with physical examination, laboratory and imaging studies. The mental state and selfesteem, the quality of life and the functional capacity of the standardized methods were evaluated. The qualitative variables are expressed in frequencies and percentages and the quantitative ones in means with their standard deviation. The analysis was performed with the statistical program SPSS V.23.0. Results: Twenty-six patients with an H / M ratio of 10/3, with mean age of 39.7±13.06 years and 171.4±152.2 months of disease progression were recorded. Among comorbidities, 6/26 (23.1%) presented arterial hypertension and osteoarthritis with the same frequency (85.7%), and pain at night lumbar pain in 22/26 (84.6%). 23/26 (88.5%) of the patients had axial involvement, with resonance sacroiliitis in 20/22 (90.9%), Presented HLA B27 13/16 (81.3%). At physical examination, the finger to floor distance of 22, 97±17.45cm, and modified Schöber 4,25±1.95 cm. The average activity for BASDAI was 2.5±2.7, none had depression, and 17/25 (68%) had high self-esteem. Conclusion: In this study we describe the main clinical-epidemiological characteristics of patients with Spondylarthritis, we continue in the great care centers of our country.