Early diagnosis;
Spondylitis Ankylosing;
Low Back pain;
Primary health care;
AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;
GLOBAL BURDEN;
DISEASE;
D O I:
10.1186/s12875-020-01161-6
中图分类号:
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号:
1004 ;
120402 ;
摘要:
Diagnosing and treating low back pain (LBP) is a worldwide major primary care challenge in which a differential diagnosis between non-specific LBP and conditions with a known pathology is essential for choosing the optimal treatment strategy. The time required for the diagnosis of a condition such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was previously found too long. However, a recently published paper by Bashir et al. found that distinct episodes of axial pain separated by more than 6 months seem more predictive than currently applied characteristics in reaching an early diagnosis of AS.