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. 2015 Nov-Dec;33(6):851-7.
Epub 2015 Sep 28.

Evaluation of collected outcome measures in axial spondyloarthritis in daily-care rheumatology settings: the experience of the RHEVER network

H Che  1 , A Etcheto  2 , E Dernis  3 , H Nataf  4 , P Boumier  5 , P Breuillard  6 , M Durandin-Truffinet  7 , J Fechtenbaum  8 , V Gaud-Listrat  9 , B Giraud  10 , C Hudry  11 , S Labatide-Alanore  12 , P Le Devic  13 , P Le Goux  14 , A Lebrun  11 , E Maheu  15 , B Moura  11 , M Nguyen  16 , A Sacchi  17 , X Ayral  2 , A Blanchais  2 , S Neveu  2 , M Dougados  18 , A Moltó  18
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  • PMID: 26411931

Evaluation of collected outcome measures in axial spondyloarthritis in daily-care rheumatology settings: the experience of the RHEVER network

H Che et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: Nowadays, the recommended measures for optimal monitoring of axial Spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA) disease activity are either BASDAI and CRP, or ASDAS-CRP. However, there could be a gap between recommendations and daily practice. We aimed to determine the measures collected by rheumatologists in an ax-SpA follow-up visit, and to determine the impact of a meeting (where rheumatologists reached a consensus on the measures to be collected) on the collection of such measures.

Methods: A consensual meeting of a local network of 32 rheumatologists proposed, four months later, to report at least the BASDAI score in the medical file of every ax-SpA patient at every follow-up visit. An independent investigator reviewed the medical files of 10 consecutive patients per rheumatologist, seen twice during the year (e.g. before and after the meeting). The most frequently collected measures were assessed, and then, the frequency of collection before and after the meeting was compared.

Results: A total of 456 medical files from 228 patients were reviewed. Treatment (>60%), CRP (51.3%) and total BASDAI (28.5%) were the most reported measures in medical files. Before/After the meeting, the frequencies of collected measures in medical files were 28.5%/51.7%, 51.3%/52.2%, 16.7%/31.6% and 0.9%/6.1% for BASDAI, CRP, BASDAI + CRP and ASDAS, respectively reaching a statistically significance for BASDAI, ASDAS and BASDAI+CRP (p<0.05).

Conclusions: This study revealed a low rate of systematic report of the recommended outcome measures in ax-SpA. However, it suggests that a consensual meeting involving practicing rheumatologists might be relevant to improve the implementation of such recommendations.

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