Quality of life and correlation with clinical and radiographic variables in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective case series study.

Ji-Chen HuangBang-Ping QianYong QiuBin WangYang YuZe-Zhang ZhuJun HuZhe Qu

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2017)

Poor QoL is significantly correlated with high disease activity, poor functional status and decreased spinal mobility in AS. GK is significantly associated with functional status, spinal mobility and QoL in AS patients. ODI, BASFI and BASMI are the major predictors of PF subscale of SF-36.

Keyphrases

ankylosing spondylitis
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis patients
end stage renal disease
spinal cord
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes