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Multicenter Study
. 2019 Mar-Apr;15(2):90-96.
doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2017.06.009. Epub 2017 Jul 31.

Prevalence of rheumatic diseases in adult population in Spain (EPISER 2016 study): Aims and methodology

[Article in English, Spanish]
Daniel Seoane-Mato  1 , Carlos Sánchez-Piedra  1 , Lucía Silva-Fernández  2 , Francisca Sivera  3 , Francisco J Blanco  4 , Fernando Pérez Ruiz  5 , Antonio Juan-Mas  6 , José M Pego-Reigosa  7 , Javier Narváez  8 , Neus Quilis Martí  3 , Raúl Cortés Verdú  9 , Fred Antón-Pagés  10 , Víctor Quevedo Vila  11 , Laura Garrido Courel  12 , Natividad Del Val Del Amo  12 , Inmaculada Paniagua Zudaire  12 , Gustavo Añez Sturchio  13 , Fermín Medina Varo  13 , María Del Mar Ruiz Tudela  13 , Antonio Romero Pérez  14 , Javier Ballina  15 , Anahy Brandy García  15 , Dolores Fábregas Canales  16 , Teresa Font Gayá  17 , Carolina Bordoy Ferrer  17 , Beatriz González Álvarez  18 , Laura Casas Hernández  18 , Fátima Álvarez Reyes  18 , Mónica Delgado Sánchez  18 , Cristina Martínez Dubois  19 , Simón Ángel Sánchez-Fernández  20 , Luisa Marena Rojas Vargas  20 , Paula Virginia García Morales  20 , Alejandro Olivé  21 , Paula Rubio Muñoz  21 , Marta Larrosa  22 , Noemí Navarro Ricos  22 , Eduard Graell Martín  22 , Eugenio Chamizo  23 , Lara Chaves Chaparro  23 , Sara Rojas Herrera  23 , Jordi Pons Dolset  24 , Miguel Ángel Polo Ostariz  24 , Susana Ruiz-Alejos Garrido  24 , Cristina Macía Villa  25 , Ana Cruz Valenciano  25 , María Luisa González Gómez  26 , Mercedes Morcillo Valle  26 , Deseada Palma Sánchez  27 , María José Moreno Martínez  27 , Marta Mayor González  27 , Joana Atxotegi Sáenz de Buruaga  5 , Irati Urionagüena Onaindia  5 , Boris Anthony Blanco Cáceres  5 , Federico Díaz-González  28 , Sagrario Bustabad  29
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Multicenter Study

Prevalence of rheumatic diseases in adult population in Spain (EPISER 2016 study): Aims and methodology

[Article in English, Spanish]
Daniel Seoane-Mato et al. Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed). 2019 Mar-Apr.
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Abstract

Aims: To describe the methodology of the EPISER 2016 (study of the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in adult population in Spain), as well its strengths and limitations. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome (SS), osteoarthritis (knee, hip, hands, and cervical and lumbar spine), fibromyalgia, gout and clinical osteoporotic fracture.

Material and method: Population-based, multicenter, cross-sectional study, with the participation of 45 municipalities in the 17 Spanish autonomous communities. The reference population will consist of adults aged 20 years and over residing in Spain. A computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) system will be used for data collection. Diagnostic suspicions and diagnoses received by the participants will be studied by rheumatologists in the referral hospitals in the selected municipalities.

Statistical analysis: the prevalence of the rheumatic diseases will be calculated using estimators and their 95% confidence intervals. Weights will be calculated in each of the sampling stages in accordance with the probability of selection. The distribution of the population in Spain will be obtained from the Spanish Statistics Institute.

Conclusions: Sociodemographic and lifestyle changes over the last 16 years justify EPISER 2016. This study will provide current data about the prevalences of RA, AS, PsA, SLE, SS, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, gout and clinical osteoporotic fracture. The results will allow comparisons with studies from other countries and EPISER 2000.

Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis; Artritis psoriásica; Artritis reumatoide; Artrosis; Epidemiology; Epidemiología; Espondilitis anquilosante; Fibromialgia; Fibromyalgia; Fractura osteoporótica; Gota; Gout; Lupus eritematoso sistémico; Methodology; Metodología; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporotic fracture; Prevalence; Prevalencia; Psoriatic arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sjögren's syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Síndrome de Sjögren.

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