TY  - JOUR
TI  - Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis in Turkey: A Nationwide Study
AB  - Objectives: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) in Turkey using the same telephone questionnaire developed for screening RA and SpA in France and used in Serbia and Lithuania. Material and methods: The study was performed in two steps. In step I, the French questionnaire was translated into Turkish and validated through a group of 200 patients (80 males, 120 females; mean age 44.0±13.1 years; range, 19 to 75 years) followed up at the rheumatology departments of University Hospitals in Antalya and Ankara. In step II, the validated Turkish questionnaire was administered face-to-face to randomly selected 4,012 subjects (1,670 males, 2,342 females; mean age 41.5±16.8 years; range, 16 to 97 years) by trained general practitioners across the country, in 25 provinces for case detection. The subjects who were suspected of having RA or SpA in accordance with the questionnaire were invited to the nearest university hospital for rheumatologic examination in order to confirm the diagnosis. Results: In step II, a total of 25 subjects (2 males, 23 females) were diagnosed as RA. The standardized RA prevalence for the general population of Turkey was calculated as 0.56% (95% confidence interval [CI]; 0.33-0.79), 0.10% (95% CI; -0.05-0.25) for males and 0.89% (95% CI; 0.51-1.27) for females. A total of 18 subjects (3 males, 15 females) were diagnosed as SpA. The standardized SpA prevalence for the general population of Turkey was 0.46% (95% CI; 0.25-0.67), 0.17% (95% CI; -0.03-0.37) for males and 0.65% (95% CI; 0.32-0.98) for females. The prevalence of RA was highest in the Northern region (2.00%) and the prevalence of SpA was highest in the Central region (1.49%). Conclusion: The prevalences of RA and SpA in Turkey are close to each other and there are significant inter-regional variations in prevalences of both RA and SpA.
AU  - KIRNAP, MEHMET
AU  - ŞENEL, Kazım
AU  - Oncel, Hatice Sema
AU  - ARDIÇOĞLU, Özge
AU  - CANTÜRK, Ferhan
AU  - Kayhan, Onder
AU  - KOKİNO, Siranuş
AU  - ERDOĞAN, Canan
AU  - SAVAŞ, Serpil
AU  - KUTLAY, Şehim
AU  - Gursoy, Savas
AU  - KAÇAR, Cahit
AU  - TEKEOGLU, IBRAHIM
AU  - SİNDEL, Dilşad
AU  - NAS, Kemal
AU  - ŞENDUR, Ömer Faruk
AU  - CERRAHOĞLU, AYŞE BEYHAN LALE
AU  - KURAN, KADRİYE BANU
AU  - ALTAN İNCEOĞLU, LALE
AU  - ALTAY, ZÜHAL
AU  - ÇEVİK, REMZİ
AU  - KOZANOĞLU, MUSTAFA ERKAN
AU  - DURUÖZ, Mehmet Tuncay
AU  - DURMAZ, Berrin
AU  - AKARIRMAK, ZEYNEP ÜLKÜ
AU  - Dursun, Nigar
AU  - UZUNCA, Kaan
AU  - KURTAİŞ, Yeşim
AU  - GUILLEMIN, Francis
AU  - tuncer, tiraje
AU  - YALÇIN, Peyman
AU  - BÜTÜN, Bülent
AU  - DEMIR, HÜSEYIN
AU  - Evcik, Fatma Deniz
AU  - Ardic Yukruk, Fisun
AU  - KAPTANOĞLU, Ece
AU  - ORKUN, Sevim
AU  - SARPEL, TUNAY
AU  - UĞURLU, Hatice
AU  - GİLGİL, Erdal
AU  - HİZMETLİ, Sami
DO  - 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2018.6480
PY  - 2018
JO  - Archives of Rheumatology
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
SN  - 2148-5046
SP  - 128
EP  - 136
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/289859
ER  -