Exploring the Prevalence and Factors Associated With Fatigue in Axial Spondyloarthritis in an Asian Cohort in Singapore.

ABSTRACT: Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of fatigue and the factors associated with fatigue among patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) within an Asian population. Method: We used the baseline data from a clinic registry in a tertiary referral center. All patients fulfilled the 2009 Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) classification criteria for axSpA. Severe fatigue was defined as Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index-fatigue (BASDAI-fatigue) ≥5/10 and vitality domain of Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36 VT) ≤10th percentile of the general population. Results: We included 262 consecutive patients with axSpA (79% men, 82.4% Chinese). The mean (standard deviation, SD) age and duration of disease were 41.7 (13.7) and 10.1 (8.3) years

SUBMITTER: Lim WZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890247 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature