Development and test-retest reliability of a screening tool for axial spondyloarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) suffer from lengthy diagnostic delays of ~7 years. The usage of screening tools to identify axSpA patients in primary care can reduce diagnostic delays by facilitating early referral to rheumatologic care. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a potential screening tool for patients with axSpA.

Method

Content validity was evaluated by soliciting feedback from 7 rheumatologists regarding the relevance and content representativeness of the proposed screening questions. For the test-retest study, participants ≥18 years of age with chronic back pain (≥3 months) without a diagnosis of mechanical or inflammatory back pain (n = 91) were e-recruited through ResearchMatch. Participation included

SUBMITTER: Shridharmurthy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9269406 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature