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 | 1.00 |