Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis

Characterisation of patients with axial psoriatic arthritis and patients with axial spondyloarthritis and concomitant psoriasis in the Swiss Clinical Quality Management (SCQM) registry

RMD OpenPublished Cross-sectional study

Authors' conclusion

Patients with axial PsA differ from patients with axSpA+pso in important demographic and clinical characteristics, and genetically, but present with a comparable disease burden.

Study context

Population
Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the Swiss Clinical Quality Management (SCQM) registry with information on psoriasis and axial involvement4,489 axSpA
Exposure
Axial PsA vs axSpA with concomitant psoriasis
  • axSpA+pson = 479reference
  • Axial PsAn = 1,153
Outcome
Prevalence of psoriasis in axSpA and of axial involvement in PsA
Methodological detailsregistry-based
  • Registry-based

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Original publication

Characterisation of patients with axial psoriatic arthritis and patients with axial spondyloarthritis and concomitant psoriasis in the SCQM registry. RMD Open. Published 5 June 2023. doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002956

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