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ArticleRheumatology international2020

Prevalence and variables associated with fatigue in psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Joel Shi Quan Tan, Warren Fong, Yu Heng Kwan, Ying Ying Leung

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Article in Rheumatology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Observational
  3. Fatigue in Inflammatory Joint Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  6. Psoriatic arthritis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joel Shi Quan TanDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, The Academia, Level 4, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8833-8668
Warren FongDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, The Academia, Level 4, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-1892
Yu Heng KwanDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7802-9696
Ying Ying LeungDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, The Academia, Level 4, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856, Singapore. katyccc@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-6342
National University of Singapore · SGDuke-NUS Medical School · SG

Funding

National Medical Research Council, Singapore NMRC/CSA-INV/0022/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the prevalence of and evaluate the factors associated with fatigue patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in an Asian population.

methodsWe used baseline data from a registry of patients with PsA attending an outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Demographic data and disease characteristics were evaluated. Fatigue was assessed by question one of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI-F) and the vitality domain of the Medical Outcome Survey, Short-Form 36 (SF-36 VT). We evaluated clusters of variables, and individual variables in association with fatigue.

resultsWe included 131 patients (50.4% men, 63.4% Chinese, median PsA duration 21.0 months) with completed data for fatigue. Forty-five patients (34%) experienced severe fatigue (defined by BASDAI-F > 5/10). We used principal component analysis and identified five clusters of variables that explained 62.9% of the variance of all factors. Of these, disease activity and impact, and disease chronicity were significantly associated with BASDAI-F and SF-36 VT. In multivariable analyses, back pain, peripheral joint pain and patient global assessment were associated with BASDAI-F, whereas peripheral joint pain and mental health were associated with SF-36 VT.

conclusionPsA-associated fatigue is prevalent in this Asian PsA cohort and is associated with disease activity, impact and chronicity.

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AdultAge FactorsArthritis, PsoriaticBack PainBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesEthnicityFatigueFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPrevalenceArthritisFatiguePsoriaticRheumatic diseases

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