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Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Adult patients with ankylosing spond...

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Autores principales: Lu, Ming-Chi, Huang, Kuang-Yung, Tung, Chien-Hsueh, Hsu, Bao-Bao, Wu, Cheng-Han, Koo, Malcolm, Lai, Ning-Sheng
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028966
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author Lu, Ming-Chi
Huang, Kuang-Yung
Tung, Chien-Hsueh
Hsu, Bao-Bao
Wu, Cheng-Han
Koo, Malcolm
Lai, Ning-Sheng
author_facet Lu, Ming-Chi
Huang, Kuang-Yung
Tung, Chien-Hsueh
Hsu, Bao-Bao
Wu, Cheng-Han
Koo, Malcolm
Lai, Ning-Sheng
author_sort Lu, Ming-Chi
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description OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Adult patients with ankylosing spondylitis recruited from the outpatient rheumatology clinics of the study hospital. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: Disease-specific quality of life assessed by the Evaluation of Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (EASi-QoL). RESULTS: Of the 265 patients, 57% were 20–49 years of age, with a male preponderance (75.5%). Multiple stepwise linear regression analysis indicated that a higher disease activity, assessed by the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score, was significantly and independently associated with a lower quality of life in all four domains (physical function, disease activity, emotional well-being and social participation) of the EASi-QoL. In addition, various independent factors, including educational level, nature of occupation, disease duration, dietary habit and body mass index, were significantly associated with different domains of the EASi-QoL. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicated that, in addition to disease activity and perceived health status, a number of other factors could significantly impact the different aspects of quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, which warrant special consideration and support from healthcare providers.
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spelling pubmed-65614182019-06-28 Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study Lu, Ming-Chi Huang, Kuang-Yung Tung, Chien-Hsueh Hsu, Bao-Bao Wu, Cheng-Han Koo, Malcolm Lai, Ning-Sheng BMJ Open Rheumatology OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Adult patients with ankylosing spondylitis recruited from the outpatient rheumatology clinics of the study hospital. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: Disease-specific quality of life assessed by the Evaluation of Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (EASi-QoL). RESULTS: Of the 265 patients, 57% were 20–49 years of age, with a male preponderance (75.5%). Multiple stepwise linear regression analysis indicated that a higher disease activity, assessed by the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score, was significantly and independently associated with a lower quality of life in all four domains (physical function, disease activity, emotional well-being and social participation) of the EASi-QoL. In addition, various independent factors, including educational level, nature of occupation, disease duration, dietary habit and body mass index, were significantly associated with different domains of the EASi-QoL. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicated that, in addition to disease activity and perceived health status, a number of other factors could significantly impact the different aspects of quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, which warrant special consideration and support from healthcare providers. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6561418/ /pubmed/31182453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028966 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Rheumatology
Lu, Ming-Chi
Huang, Kuang-Yung
Tung, Chien-Hsueh
Hsu, Bao-Bao
Wu, Cheng-Han
Koo, Malcolm
Lai, Ning-Sheng
Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
title Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
title_full Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
title_short Factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in Taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
title_sort factors associated with disease-specific quality of life in taiwanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
topic Rheumatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028966
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