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Fatigue and correlation with disease-specific variables, spinal mobility measures, and health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis

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Modern Rheumatology

Abstract

Objectives

This study aimed to evaluate fatigue in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and its relationship with disease-specific variables, spinal mobility measures, and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL).

Methods

One hundred and ten patients diagnosed as AS according to the Modified New York Criteria and 40 healthy individuals were included in this study. The Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) was used in patient and control groups to assess fatigue. The first item of Bath AS Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) was also used to assess fatigue in the patient group. Evaluation included BASDAI, functional status [BAS Functional Index (BASFI)], and visual analog scale (VAS) of axial and joint pain. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were also measured. The generic instrument Short Form 36 (SF 36) was used to assess HR-QoL in the patient group.

Results

Patients with AS had higher total MAF scores and in all MAF subgroup scales than controls. All patient MAF scores were significantly correlated with morning stiffness, number of swollen joints, history of peripheral arthritis, BASDAI, BASFI, BASDAI-fatigue, VAS axial, VAS peripheral, and SF 36 subgroups (p < 0.05). No correlation was observed between all MAF scores and age, body mass index (BMI), disease duration, meteorological measures, and medications in patients.

Conclusions

Patients with AS defined significantly more fatigue when compared with healthy persons. MAF was related to clinical and functional status and HR-QoL of patients with AS. We assume that MAF can be used as a sensitive fatigue measure in patients with AS.

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  1. Atatürk Education and Research Hospital Ankara, Ahmet Taner Kışlalı mah. 2875 sok no 8, Çayyolu, Ankara, Turkey

    Berat Meryem Alkan, Fatma Fidan, Şükran Erten, Hatice Aksekili, Ayşenur Alemdar, Esra Eroğlu, Özge Ardıçoğlu & Aliye Tosun

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Alkan, B.M., Fidan, F., Erten, Ş. et al. Fatigue and correlation with disease-specific variables, spinal mobility measures, and health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis. Mod Rheumatol 23, 1101–1107 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-012-0800-0

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