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Title: | A single center experience: physician related diagnostic delay and demographic and clinical differences between patients with ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis | Authors: | Ulutas, Firdevs Cobankara, Veli Senol, Hande Karasu, Ugur Kaymaz, Serdar Yasar, Canan Albayrak Ok, Zeynep Dundar Yigit, Murat |
Keywords: | ankylosing spondylitis non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis axial spondyloarthritis fibromyalgia differential diagnosis Back-Pain Epidemiology Criteria |
Publisher: | Sciendo | Abstract: | Background. A large number of comparative studies have been conducted for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), including disease burden, treatment modalities and patient characteristics. The aim of this study was to compare physician related diagnostic delay time between patients with AS and nr-axSpA. Methods. In our retrospective study we included 266 patients with axSpA. Patients were classified into two subgroups, AS and nr-axSpA. The time from back pain onset until diagnosis of axSpA was defined as the diagnostic delay. The first specialist referred to and the first diagnosis for each patient was noted in detail. Patient characteristics, clinical manifestations and laboratory and imaging results at diagnosis were also compared between subgroups. Results. The diagnostic delay time was significantly longer for AS patients [6 +/- 8.14 years vs 1.62 +/- 2.54 years]. 40.9% of all patients were initially consulted by specialists in physical therapy and rehabilitation, followed by 29.7% consulted by a neurosurgeon and 19.9% by a rheumatologist. The most common initial diagnosis was fibromyalgia, 52.6% (140), followed by ankylosing spondylitis, 28.9% (77), and lumbar disc hernia, 12.7% (34). Conclusion. The vast majority of patients were initially evaluated by healthcare providers other than rheumatologists and mostly diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Efforts to increase awareness and to educate first healthcare providers may shorten the diagnostic delay time. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2021-0004 https://hdl.handle.net/11499/46417 |
ISSN: | 1582-3296 2501-062X |
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