Variables

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

P

Number of patients

80

70

Demographics

Males (%)

60

61

Mean Disease Duration (0 - 55) (years)

12.5 (0 - 55)

10.9 (0.5 - 40)

Ankylosing spondylitis (%)

66

66

Past investigations

Hip involvement ever (%)

22

26

0.64

Iritis ever (%)

29

22

0.38

Assessed for Iritis by history (%)

100

100

1.00

SI joint diagnosis by imaging

X-ray (%)

33

32

0.91

MRI (%)

70

70

0.54

CT scan (%)

6

3

0.17

Bone scan(%)

1

1

0.36

Other (%)

0

0

1.00

Spine MRI ever done (%)

43

44

0.71

Frequency of current measures performed

TJC in last 3 months (%)

95

99

0.20

SJC in last 3 months (%)

96

99

0.46

Schober or modified Schober (%)

77

73

0.57

Wall to occiput measured (%)

77

64

0.11

Lateral flexion (%)

43

33

0.25

Chest wall expansion (%)

36

24

0.34

CRP in last 3 months (%)

54

61

0.38

ESR in last 3 months (%)

51

62

0.17

Patient Global VAS (%)

56

59

0.82

MD Global VAS (%)

84

94

0.49

HAQ (%)

64

41

0.06

BASDAI (%)

79

79

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