Educational needs and challenges in axial spondyloarthritis.
Educational needs and challenges in axial spondyloarthritis.
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DOI:
10.1097/bor.0000000000000806
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发表时间:
2021-07-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Dubreuil M
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作者:
Kumthekar A;Bittar M;Dubreuil M
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) affects 0.5–1% of the population in many regions of the world. This review summarizes the challenges in medical education around axSpA with attention to evidence around delayed diagnosis, clinician familiarity with typical axSpA features such as inflammatory back pain and adherence to accepted management principles. Clinicians who commonly manage patients with chronic back pain or other typical axSpA features are not consistently aware of the concept of inflammatory back pain and common extra-spinal manifestations. Further, clinicians may not be familiar with the non-radiographic spectrum of axSpA. Management of patients with possible axSpA does not consistently follow principles that would establish an axSpA diagnosis, and diagnosis of axSpA remains delayed by 6–7 years on average, with evidence suggesting management disparities on the basis of sex and race in some cases. Referral recommendations have increased the probability of axSpA diagnosis up to about 40% and, may complement educational efforts in axSpA Educational efforts in axSpA should focus on providing front-line clinicians with a better understanding of inflammatory back pain, the non-radiographic form of axSpA and accepted principles in axSpA management.