Canadian Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Require Almost a Decade To Be Diagnosed Leading to Severe Functional Limitation. Results From the International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the sociodemographic characteristics and disease-related factors associated with diagnostic delay in Canadian patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Methods

Data from 542 Canadian patients who participated in the International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis online survey were analysed. Diagnostic delay was calculated as the difference between age at diagnosis and age at onset of the first symptoms reported by participants. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to evaluate possible factors associated with diagnostic delay.

Results

The mean age (± SD) of the surveyed participants was 44.3 ± 13.9 years and 63.1% were female. The average diagnostic delay was 9.0 ± 10.5 years (median, 5.0 years; interquartile range, 1.0-13.8). In the

SUBMITTER: Rahman P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632139 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature