Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
Post-traumatic stress disorder prior to diagnosis is as rare in spondyloarthritis as in non-inflammatory rheumatic conditions and rheumatoid arthritis
Authors' conclusion
Traumatic events and PTSD occurring prior to diagnosis is as rare in SpA as in non-inflammatory rheumatic diseases and RA.
Study context
- Population
- Patients diagnosed with spondyloarthritis (SpA), non-inflammatory rheumatic or autoimmune disease, or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), two centres
- Participants
- 1,389 patients
- Exposure
- SpA vs non-inflammatory rheumatic disease vs RA
- SpAn = 510
- Controlsn = 365reference
- RAn = 514
- Outcome
- Frequency of traumatic events (brief trauma questionnaire) and PTSD (traumatic event and ≥4 symptoms on the short PTSD checklist scale)
Methodological detailsobservational, bi-centric, IPTW
- Observational
- Bi-centric
- IPTW
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
PTSD prevalence
SpA
4.9%
After IPTW 4.8% vs. 6.7%; not significantly different
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in SpA subtypes: AS 3.6%, PsA 2.9%, nr-axSpA 6.2%, peripheral SpA 7.8%
- P = NS
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Frequency of trauma — SpA
- 33.7%
- Frequency of trauma — Trauma in SpA subtypes: AS 30.5%, PsA 30.7%, nr-axSpA 37.7%, peripheral SpA 41.2%
- P=NS
Trauma and PTSD, RA vs controls and SpA vs RA
- Frequency of trauma and PTSD comparable between RA and controls and between SpA and RA
Original publication
Post-traumatic stress disorder prior to diagnosis is as rare in spondyloarthritis as in non-inflammatory rheumatic conditions and rheumatoid arthritis. Joint Bone Spine. Published 26 November 2022. doi:10.
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