Axial Spondyloarthritis
Conditions
Keywords
axial spondyloarthritis, BASDAI, BASFI, self assessment, tele-assessment, reliability
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the reliability of BASDAI and BASFI questionnaires applied via tele-assessment in axial spondyloarthritis patients.
Detailed description
Telehealth is the provision of healthcare services and clinical practices remotely through information and communication technologies. In recent years, the use of telehealth applications has increased worldwide. Telehealth is an umbrella term that covers practices such as telemedicine, telerehabilitation, and tele-assessment. Tele-assessment has gained importance in terms of monitoring patients with chronic diseases. Although BASDAI and BASFI have been shown to be valid and reliable in AS patients, there is no study in the literature examining the reliability of BASDAI and BASFI applied via tele-assessment. The aim of our study is to investigate the reliability of BASDAI and BASFI questionnaires administered via tele-assessment in axial SpA patients.
Interventions
OTHERBASDAI and BASFI reliability
The study will be carried out on volunteer patients who are diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis and are followed up in the outpatient clinic of Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, and who meet the inclusion criteria. Patients who volunteer to participate in the study will be contacted by phone and BASDAI and BASFI questionaires will be administered.
Sponsors
Siirt University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being diagnosed with Axial spondyloarthritis according to the Assessment in SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) criteria * Volunteering to participate in the study * Being between the ages of 20-60
Exclusion criteria
* Having another systemic, orthopedic, neurological or cognitive disease other than axial spondyloarthritis * Pregnancy * The patient wishes to withdraw from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) | Baseline and after 24 hours after baseline assessment | Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a reliable and sensitive index developed to evaluate the activity and progression of the disease. The BASDAI is a 6-item composite index that measures fatigue, neck, back, hip pain, peripheral joint pain/swelling, and morning stifness. The final BASDAI score ranges from 0 to 10, and higher scores represent higher disease activity. |
| Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) | Baseline and after 24 hours after baseline assessment | BASFI is an easy-to-apply, sensitive and reliable self-report questionnaire developed to evaluate physical function in AS patients. It consists of a total of 10 items, eight assessing functionality and two assessing the patient's ability to cope with daily life. The BASFI Score is the avarage of the 10 items and ranges between 0 and 10, with higher scores indicating greater functional limitation. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Age | Baseline | Age in years |
| Disease duration | Baseline | Disease duration in years |
| height | Baseline | height (m) |
| weight | Baseline | weight (kg) |
| Medications | Baseline | The medications used by patients will be recorded |
| Education | Baseline | Education level of patients will be recorded |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed