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Younger age at symptom onset, female gender, higher number of physician visits prior to diagnosis, and being diagnosed by a rheumatologist are associated with longer diagnostic delay in patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis (April 2021)

The diagnostic delay of the 2652 patients belonging to 13 European countries belonging to the European map of axial spondyloarthritis (EMAS) was 7.4 years. Furthermore, this diagnostic delay was associated with younger age at symptom onset, female gender, a higher number of visits to specialists before diagnosis and being diagnosed by a rheumatologist. This study…

IMAS project wins Connecting Healthcare award (April 2021)

The International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS) has been chosen as the winner of the Connecting Healthcare 2021 Award from more than 60 entries from across Europe from a variety of collaborative projects. The Connecting Healthcare Award is an initiative of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) that seeks to highlight innovative…

The risk of anxiety is higher in patients who have 3 or more migraines per month, while those who have 19 days or more per month are at risk of depression (April 2021)

A total of 468 patients with migraine were analyzed, of whom 38.5% had migraine 15 or more days per month. The risk of anxiety was higher in patients suffering from migraine 3 or more days per month, while those with 19 or more migraine days per month were at risk of depression. In addition, patients…

REUMAVID study featured on Chipiotra TV (March 2021)

After the Cypriot League Against Rheumatism (CYPLAR), the patient association leading the Cypriot part of the REUMAVID project, sent the first press release with the main findings of the REUMAVID study to the media, TV channels contacted them to interview them about the study and its objectives. Souzi Makri, President of CYPLAR and partner and…

New article on gender differences in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in europe (January 2021)

A new article from the IMAS project, entitled “Gender differences in Patient Journey to Diagnosis and Disease Outcomes: results from the European Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (EMAS)” has been published in the journal Clinical Rheumatology. Historically, axSpA has been conceived as a predominantly male disease, which could imply a bias during diagnosis and treatment of…

The total annual cost of a patient with chronic migraine is 16,578.2€ compared to 6,227.8€ for patients with episodic migraine (August 2020)

The costs of 475 migraine patients in Spain were analyzed, resulting in a total annual cost of €16,578.2 for patients with chronic migraine and €6,227.8 for patients with episodic migraine. In addition, a higher degree of disability, according to MIDAS, significantly increased the total cost of migraine, while the presence of psychiatric comorbidity increased costs…

More than 50% of ankylosing spondylitis patients have worsened health after confinement (July 2020)

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease affecting the joints of the spine, whose main symptom is inflammatory low back pain. Its onset occurs between 20-30 years of age and in Spain up to 500,000 people suffer from it. The REUMAVID study, a survey of 465 Spanish rheumatic patients, has quantified the impact of…

1800 patients with rheumatic diseases participated in the first phase of REUMAVID (July 2020)

1800 patients with 15 different rheumatic diseases participated in the first phase of REUMAVID. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of the patients cancelled their appointment with the rheumatologist. In addition, many of them increased the consumption of harmful habits (24.6% smoked more and 18.2% consumed more alcohol) and decreased the…

The HTR-US research group is participating in the EULAR annual European rheumatology congress (EULAR 2020 e-congress – June 2020)

Since June 3 EULAR (European Annual Congress of Rheumatology) is taking place, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is being held virtually. The aim of the European Congress of Rheumatology EULAR is to provide a forum, at the highest level, for scientific (both clinical and basic research), educational and social exchange between professionals involved in…

The Health & Territory Research (HTR) research group of the University of Seville is developing the REUMAVID survey (evaluation of the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on rheumatic patients in Spain – April 2020)

The Health & Territory Research (HTR) research group at the University of Seville is developing the REUMAVID survey (Evaluation of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rheumatic Patients in Spain), promoted by the Spanish Coordinator of Spondyloarthritis Associations (CEADE), in collaboration with the Galician Rheumatology League, the Catalan Rheumatology League, the Spanish Patients’ Forum…