Characteristics of patients with a work assessment in the pre-pandemic year
Variable | Total (n=204) |
Age, years | 50.8 (10.7) |
Male, n (%) | 97 (47.6) |
High education, n (%) | 97 (47.6) |
Employed, n (%) | 126 (61.8) |
Current/former smoker, n (%) | 87 (42.9) |
Diagnosis, n (%) | |
axSpA | 109 (54.5) |
pSpA | 23 (11.5) |
PsA | 62 (31.0) |
IBD-associated SpA | 3 (1.5) |
uSpA | 3 (1.5) |
Uveitis (ever), n (%) | 33 (16.5) |
IBD (ever), n (%) | 25 (12.5) |
Psoriasis (ever), n (%) | 84 (42.0) |
ASDAS | 2.2 (1.0) |
BASDAI (0–10) | 4.2 (2.4) |
Patient global assessment | 4.0 (2.8) |
Current medication use, n (%) | |
NSAID | 115 (56.4) |
csDMARD | 69 (33.8) |
bDMARD | 120 (58.8) |
tsDMARD | 2 (1.0) |
Values are mean (SD), unless stated otherwise.
ASDAS, Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score; axSpA, axial spondyloarthritis; BASDAI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; bDMARD, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; pSpA, peripheral spondyloarthritis; SpA, spondyloarthritis; tsDMARD, targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug.