High prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in patients with severe psoriasis with suboptimal performance of screening questionnaires.

Authors
Haroon, Muhammad
Kirby, Brian
FitzGerald, Oliver
Affiliation
Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
Issue Date
2013-05
MeSH
Adult
Aged
Arthritis, Psoriatic
Delayed Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevalence
Psoriasis
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index

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High prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in patients with severe psoriasis with suboptimal performance of screening questionnaires. 2013, 72 (5):736-40 Ann. Rheum. Dis.
Journal
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/298074
DOI
10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201706
PubMed ID
22730367
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to: (1) assess the prevalence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among Psoriasis (Ps) patients attending dermatology clinics; (2) identify clinical predictors of the development of PsA; and (3) compare the performance of three PsA screening questionnaires: Psoriatic Arthritis Screening and Evaluation (PASE), Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool (PEST) and Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Screening (ToPAS).
Item Type
Article
Language
en
ISSN
1468-2060
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