scholarly journals AB0780 GENDER FEATURES OF VERIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS UNDIFFERENTIATED ARTHRITIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1416.1-1416
Author(s):  
O. Malyshenko ◽  
M. Koroleva ◽  
M. Letaeva ◽  
J. Averkieva ◽  
T. Raskina

Background:Undifferentiated arthritis (UDA) is an inflammatory arthritis that does not meet the criteria for any rheumatologic disease. Early verification of UDA is currently one of the main goals of modern rheumatology, since a diagnosis established at an early date allows determining a therapeutic strategy. The high social significance of arthritis lies in the predominant lesion of people of working age, the steady progression of the disease, early disability and a reduction in life expectancy.Objectives:To study the gender characteristics of verification of the diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis.Methods:A retrospective analysis of 74 case histories of patients diagnosed with UDA was carried out. The study group consisted of 26 men and 48 women, mean age 50.6 ± 4.3 years. All patients underwent a comprehensive laboratory and instrumental examination according to the standard of an articular syndrome of unclear genesis.Results:According to the data obtained, the duration of the articular syndrome averaged 2.53 ± 1.2 years. In 29 patients (21.6% of women and 17.6% of men), on average, after 1.72 ± 0.9 years, the diagnosis of NDA was clarified. Taking into account modern diagnostic criteria, the following diseases were verified: rheumatoid arthritis in 13.5% (12.2% in women and 1.3% in men), ankylosing spondylitis in 10.8% (2.7% in women and 8.1% in men). Osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis and APS were diagnosed in 5.4%, 1.4% and 1.4% of women, and gouty arthritis, bone tuberculosis and HIV in 4.1%, 1.4% and 1.4% of men respectively. In 60.8% (43.2% in women and 17.6% in men), the etiology of arthritis was not verified.Conclusion:In a third of patients with UDA, diagnosis verification takes about 2 years on average. In more than half of patients, the diagnosis remains the same. According to the data obtained, rheumatoid arthritis was more often verified in women, while ankylosing spondylitis in men, which is consistent with statistical data.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1951.1-1951
Author(s):  
D. Berkovic ◽  
D. Ayton ◽  
A. M. Briggs ◽  
I. Ackerman

Background:The financial experience faced by working-age people with arthritis includes living below the poverty line for many (1). Financial distress amongst people with arthritis is known to contribute to poorer health outcomes, including high psychological distress and more severe pain (2). Despite the demonstrated societal cost of arthritis care and management, the personal costs borne by the individual are not well understood in different health systems (3).Objectives:To explore the perceived financial impacts of living with arthritis amongst working-age individuals aged 18 – 50 years in Australia.Methods:A qualitative descriptive study design was used. Participants with inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis were recruited from the community, including urban and rural settings. An interview schedule was developed, informed by existing literature (4), which was piloted prior to data collection. Deductive and inductive coding techniques were used to identify financial-related themes arising from the data.Results:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 younger people (90% female) with a mix of arthritis conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Four themes were identified: direct arthritis-attributable medical costs, indirect arthritis-attributable costs, insurance and pension costs, and broader financial impacts on the family. Non-subsidised costs were frequently referenced by participants as burdensome, and existed even within the publically-funded healthcare system. Financial distress was characterised by participants as chronic, onerous for the entire family, and associated with exacerbation of physical symptoms.Conclusion:People with arthritis and of working age experience significant arthritis-attributable financial burden and related distress. Financial concerns should be actively identified and considered within shared clinical decision making, in order to provide more patient-centred care for these individuals.References:[1]Rios R, Zautra AJ. (2011). Socioeconomic Disparities in Pain: The Role of Economic Hardship and Daily Financial Worry. Health Psychol. 30(1) 58-66.[2]Yilmaz V, Umay E, Gundogdu I, Kaaahmet ZO, Ozturk AE. (2017). Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are psychological factors effective in disease flare? Eur J Rheumatol. 4(2) 127-132.[3]Schofield D, Rupendra S, Cunich C. Counting the Cost Part 2: Economic Costs: The current and future burden of arthritis. The University of Sydney: Arthritis Australia; 2016.[4]Ackerman IN, Kemp JL, Crossley KM, Culvenor AG, Hinman RS. (2017). Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Affects Younger People, Too. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 47(2) 67-79.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1253.2-1254
Author(s):  
T. Formánek ◽  
K. Mladá ◽  
M. Husakova

Background:Cohort studies using nationwide health registers have shown an increased risk for affective and anxiety disorders in people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (1-3). Moreover, a nationwide cohort study demonstrated an increased risk for mental disorders in people with rheumatic diseases (4).Objectives:We aimed to investigate the risk for psychiatric hospitalization following a hospitalization for rheumatic disease.Methods:Using data from the Czech nationwide register of all-cause hospitalizations, we obtained 4 971 individuals hospitalized (index hospitalization) between 2004 and 2012 for rheumatic diseases - RA, spondyloarthritis (including AS, psoriatic arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis), systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerodermia, with no history of psychiatric and rheuma-related hospitalization in the previous 10 years from the index hospitalization. On these individuals, we randomly matched (on age, gender and year of index hospitalization) controls that were hospitalized in the same time period for a non-rheumatic disease and have no history of psychiatric and rheumatic hospitalization in the last 10 years from their index hospitalization, in the ratio of 1:5. We employed conditional logistic regression for assessing the risk for psychiatric hospitalization in the subsequent 3 years from the index hospitalization. To strengthen our results, we repeated the matching step 100 times and run the analysis on each resulting dataset separately, and pooled the results. The findings are expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).Results:We identified an elevated risk for psychiatric (OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1; 1.78) and for affective disorders (OR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.17; 4.1) in people hospitalized for rheumatic diseases. We did not find a statistically significant association with organic, psychotic and anxiety disorders.Conclusion:There is an increased risk for experiencing a psychiatric disorder in the period of 3 years after a rheuma-related hospitalization.References:[1]Shen C-C, Hu L-Y, Yang AC, Kuo BI-T, Chiang Y-Y, Tsai S-J. Risk of Psychiatric Disorders following Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Nationwide Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2016;43(3).[2]Park J-S, Jang H-D, Hong J-Y, Park Y-S, Han K, Suh S-W, et al. Impact of ankylosing spondylitis on depression: a nationwide cohort study. Scientific Reports. 2019;9(1):6736.[3]Hsu C-C, Chen S-C, Liu C-J, Lu T, Shen C-C, Hu Y-W, et al. Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Risk of Bipolar Disorder: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9).[4]Sundquist K, Li X, Hemminki K, Sundquist J. Subsequent Risk of Hospitalization for Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: A Nationwide Study From Sweden. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2008;65(5):501-7.Acknowledgments:Supported by the project (Ministry of Health Czech Republic) for conceptual development of research organization 00023728 (Institute of Rheumatology).Disclosure of Interests:Tomáš Formánek: None declared, Karolina Mladá: None declared, Marketa Husakova Speakers bureau: Novartis


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1390.2-1391
Author(s):  
H. Hachfi ◽  
N. Ben Chekaya ◽  
D. Khalifa ◽  
M. Brahem ◽  
H. Themri ◽  
...  

Background:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are disabling and common chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.Objectives:The aim of our study was to evaluate the socio-professional impact of RA and AS.Methods:Using the Biological National Registry (BINAR) data, which includes ten tunisian rheumatology centers,we identified patients≥18 years with AS and RA according to the ACR and EULAR 2010 criteria(RA) and ASAS 2009 (AS), receiving biotherapy for less than two years.Results:298 patients were included in the study. The percentage of patients with RA was 58.7 % and those with AS 41.3%. The sex ratio was 0.6. The average age of the onset of the disease was 49.1 years ± 14.1 years [18–79]. For marital status, 72% were married, single (25%), widowed (2.6%) and divorced (0.4%). 22.4% of patients were illiterate, 32.7 % (primary), 28.3% (secondary) and 16.6% had an university level. For the RA population, a high disease activity (DAS28-ESR >5.1) was detected in 36% of patients, an erosive arthritis in 73.1% and 7.2% had a coxitis. In the AS group, an elevate BASDAI (BASDAI≥4) was detected in 56.9% of patients and 39% had coxitis. All patients have received Biological therapy concomitant with corticosteroids (59.1%), methotrexate (42.6%), salazopirine (20.8%) and leflunomide (4.7%). 54% of patients had a comorbidity, of which 1.7% was depression. More than half of our patients (54.3%) were unemployed, 40 % were professionally active, and 5.7% were retired due to the rheumatic condition. Absence from work was observed in 15.1% of cases with a total duration exceeding three months in 55.5% of cases. 37.9 % of patients were physically active: regularly (9.8%), irregularly (28.1%) and (62.1%) were sedentary. For the functional impact, HAQ score was 1.31± 0.7 for RA and BASFI was 5.2 ± 4.8 for AS. The working abandonment is significantly associated to: marital status (p=0.039), low level of education (p=0.04),depression (p<0.001), high activity of AS (p=0.004) and BASFI>4 (p=0,001).Conclusion:RA or AS requiring biotherapy have a high socio-economic impact and are responsible for absenteeism at work and even for early working abandonment. Early therapeutic management and a global assessment are essential in order to improve quality of life and working conditions. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess the effect of biological therapy on the socio-professional impact of these chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 783.2-784
Author(s):  
M. Czókolyová ◽  
K. Gulyás ◽  
Á. Horváth ◽  
E. Végh ◽  
Z. Pethö ◽  
...  

Background:Cardiovascular (CV) disease and osteoporosis (OP) have become increasing challenges in the ageing population, even more in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthropathies. Both RA and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been associated with generalized and localized bone loss, accelerated atherosclerosis, increased CV morbidity and mortality.Objectives:Bone and vascular biomarkers and parameters along with the effect of one-year anti-TNF therapy on these markers were assessed in order to determine correlations between vascular pathophysiology and bone metabolism in RA and AS.Methods:Fifty-three patients including 36 RA patients treated with etanercept (ETN) or certolizumab pegol (CZP) and 17 AS patients treated with ETN were included in a 12-month follow-up study. Bone and vascular markers were assessed by ELISA. Bone density was assessed by DXA and quantitative CT (QCT). Flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD), common carotid intima-media thickness (ccIMT) and pulse-wave velocity (PWV) were assessed by ultrasound. The effects of vascular markers on bone and bone effects on vasculature undergone statistical analysis.Results:Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), PDGF-BB, angiopoietin 2 (Ang2) and cathepsin K (CathK) decreased, procollagen type 1 N-propeptide (P1NP) and sclerostin (SOST) levels increased, soluble receptor activator nuclear kappa B ligand (sRANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels showed no differences. When bone and vascular markers were correlated with each other, at baseline, OPG correlated with Ang2 and adiponectin. SOST correlated positively with ccIMT. DXA L2-4 BMD, DXA L1 BMD and DXA femoral neck (FN) BMD correlated with FMD and CRP. QCT trabecular BMD correlated with ccIMT and PON1. According to the univariate analysis, FMD correlated with OPG, ccIMT correlated with SOST and QCT trabecular BMD. Ang1, Ang2 and PDGF-BB showed correlation with Dickkopf-1 (DKK1). Ang2 also correlated with OPG. As suggested by the multivariate analysis, OPG determined FMD; DKK1 was an independent predictor of Ang1, Ang2 and PDGF-BB. OPG was a predictor of Ang2.Conclusion:In our study of anti-TNF treated RA and AS patients, vascular and bone parameters showed numerous correlations. The therapy was clinically effective, it halted further bone loss over 1 year and reduced the production of angiogenic markers.Acknowledgments:This research was supported by an investigator-initiated research grant from Pfizer.Disclosure of Interests:Monika Czókolyová: None declared, Katalin Gulyás: None declared, Ágnes Horváth: None declared, Edit Végh: None declared, Zsófia Pethö: None declared, Szilvia Szamosi: None declared, Attila Hamar: None declared, Anita Pusztai: None declared, Emese Balogh: None declared, Nóra Bodnár: None declared, Levente Bodoki: None declared, Agnes Szentpetery: None declared, Harjit Pal Bhattoa: None declared, György Kerekes: None declared, Katalin Hodosi: None declared, Andrea Domjan: None declared, Sándor Szántó: None declared, Gabriella Szücs: None declared, Hennie Raterman Grant/research support from: UCB, Consultant of: Abbvie, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Sqibb, Cellgene and Sanofi Genzyme, WIllem Lems Grant/research support from: Pfizer, Consultant of: Lilly, Pfizer, Zoltán Szekanecz Grant/research support from: Pfizer, UCB, Consultant of: Sanofi, MSD, Abbvie, Pfizer, Roche, Novertis, Lilly, Gedeon Richter, Amgen


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