Background: There is an unacceptable delay in diagnosis of axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) especially in its early stages among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Objective: to develop a sensible and reliable questionnaire to identify undetected axSpA among IBD patients.
Methods: Candidate items for the questionnaire were selected on 3 domains (IBD, inflammatory back symptoms, and extra-axial features). Sensibility of the Toronto axSpA Questionnaire (TASQ) was assessed leading to drafting 18 items. Test-retest reliability study was conducted among 77 patients with established IBD and axSpA and kappa agreement coefficients were calculated for items.
Results: The TASQ was developed using multiple steps of sensibility assessment resulting in 16 items. Kappa coefficients ranged from 0.81 to 1.00 for all items indicating almost perfect agreement. Conclusion: TASQ is a newly developed, sensible and reliable questionnaire that should facilitate identification and referral of IBD patients to rheumatologists and should avoid delay in diagnosis of axSpA.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/33320 |
| Date | 20 November 2012 |
| Creators | Alnaqbi, Khalid Abdalla Ali Bin Yarouf |
| Contributors | Inman, Robert D. |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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