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The study included 55 patients having Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) for at least 1 year diagnosed according to the ASAS classification criteria who presented to our hospital's outpatient clinic and 55 healthy subjects. Demographic data were recorded for 55 AS patients who were subsequently assessed using the BASMI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index) in terms of elasticity and spinal mobility as well as the BASFI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index) to determine functional status, the BASDAI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index) to assess the disease activity and the ASQoL (Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire) to evaluate quality of life. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) was used for assessment of alexithymia and Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) for depression among patients.
The study included 55 patients having Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) for at least 1 year diagnosed according to the ASAS classification criteria who presented to our hospital's outpatient clinic and 55 healthy subjects. Demographic data were recorded for 55 AS patients who were subsequently assessed using the BASMI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index) in terms of elasticity and spinal mobility as well as the BASFI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index) to determine functional status, the BASDAI (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index) to assess the disease activity and the ASQoL (Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire) to evaluate quality of life. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) was used for assessment of alexithymia and Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) for depression among patients.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| ankylosing spondylitis | 55 patients having Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) for at least 1 year diagnosed according to the ASAS classification criteria who presented to our hospital's outpatient clinic |
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| healthy control | age and sex matched healthy controls |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) | Diagnostic Test | It characterises the spinal mobility of patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Cervical rotation, tragus-wall distance, lateral lumbar flexion, anterior lumbar flexion (modified schober), intermalleolar distance were measured. The total score of the 5 measurements was taken, the score range was 0-10, the low score meant that the spinal movement was better. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Alexithymia rate in AS patients and controls according to Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 | 7 months | |
| Depression rate in AS patients and controls according to Beck Depression Inventory | 7 months | |
| Relationship between alexithymia and depression and functional indexes (BASFI, BASMI, BASDAI, ASQoL) | 7 months |
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The study included 55 patients having AS for at least 1 year diagnosed according to the ASAS classification criteria who presented to our hospital's outpatient clinic and 55 healthy subjects.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department | Istanbul | 34732 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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| Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) | Diagnostic Test | It assess the disease activity. It was evaluated with a 6-question questionnaire. After taking the answer of each question out of 10, the total of the points was calculated by dividing the number of questions. |
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| Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) | Diagnostic Test | It assess functional status. It was evaluated with a 10-question questionnaire. After taking the answer of each question out of 10, the total of the points was calculated by dividing the number of questions. |
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| Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (ASQoL) | Diagnostic Test | It evaluates quality of life. Each statement on the ASQoL (18-item) is given a score of "1" or "0". A score of "1" is given where the item is affirmed, indicating adverse QoL. All item scores are summed to give a total score or index. Scores can range from 0 (good QoL) to 18 (poor QoL). |
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| Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) | Diagnostic Test | It assess alexithymia. It is a 20 item questionnaire and each item is evaluated in a Likert type scale with five intervals (1= strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree). The total alexithymia score is the sum of responses to all 20 items, while the score for each subscale factor is the sum of the responses to that subscale. The TAS-20 uses cutoff scoring: equal to or less than 51 = non-alexithymia, equal to or greater than 61 = alexithymia. Scores of 52 to 60 = possible alexithymia. |
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| Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) | Diagnostic Test | It assess depression status. It is a 21-question multiple-choice self-report inventory, each set is ranked in terms of severity and scored from 0 to 3 with a total summed score range of 0-63. Higher scores indicate greater depressive severity. Conventional cutoffs are 0-9 for normal range, 10-18 for mild to moderate depression, 19-29 for moderate to severe depression, and 30-63 for severe depression. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013167 | Spondylitis, Ankylosing |
| D000342 | Affective Symptoms |
| ID | Term |
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| D000089183 | Axial Spondyloarthritis |
| D025242 | Spondylarthropathies |
| D025241 | Spondylarthritis |
| D013166 | Spondylitis |
| D013122 | Spinal Diseases |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D000844 | Ankylosis |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D001168 | Arthritis |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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