TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence of fibromyalgia in axial spondyloarthritis
AU - Jones, Gareth T.
AU - Mallawaarachchi, Bhadra
AU - Shim, Joanna
AU - Lock, Jonathan
AU - Macfarlane, Gary J.
N1 - Open access via Springer Compact Agreement
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SIRAS was funded by unrestricted educational grants from AbbVie and Pfzer. BM was funded by the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. We thank all the clinicians and research nurses who facilitated recruitment and data collection to the SIRAS study. We are indebted to the SIRAS steering committee, especially Professor Roger Sturrock (chair) and Dr David Marshall (vice-chair). We also thank staf from the SIRAS coordinating centre, in particular: Elizabeth Ferguson-Jones, Giles O’Donovan, Nabi Moaven-Hashemi and Flora Joyce. We would also like to acknowledge the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Comorbid fibromyalgia, in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) has been shown to influence disease activity and function, and quality of life. Although several papers exist, there is no comprehensive and robust systematic review to determine the prevalence of fibromyalgia in this patient group. Thus, the aim of the current study was to provide a definitive estimate of prevalence of fibromyalgia in axSpA, and in axSpA sub-classifications. A systematic literature search was conducted in Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), and Cochrane Library, updated to April 2020, combining keywords and relevant MeSH headings, to identify papers reporting the prevalence of fibromyalgia in axSpA, or data from which this could be computed. This was then combined in a meta-analysis with data from the Scotland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis (SIRAS), a national axSpA register in Scotland. Data was pooled using random or fixed effects models where heterogeneity was greater or lesser than 75%. From 3401 manuscripts initially identified, 15 papers were included in the final review, plus SIRAS, giving data from 16 separate sources. The prevalence of fibromyalgia, among a total of 5214 patients, was 16.4% (95% CI 12.3-20.5%). Prevalence varied with axSpA sub-classification: ankylosing spondylitis: 13.8% (9.1-18.6%); MRI positive non-radiographic axSpA 20.3% (6.5-34.1%); and 'clinical' disease: 11.1% (6.0-16.2%). Overall, around 1 in 6 patients with axSpA also meet criteria for fibromyalgia. While estimates from individual studies vary, comorbid fibromyalgia represents a considerable burden across all sub-classifications of axSpA. This emphasises that focusing management solely on inflammatory disease in this patient group is unlikely to yield optimal improvements in quality of life.
AB - Comorbid fibromyalgia, in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) has been shown to influence disease activity and function, and quality of life. Although several papers exist, there is no comprehensive and robust systematic review to determine the prevalence of fibromyalgia in this patient group. Thus, the aim of the current study was to provide a definitive estimate of prevalence of fibromyalgia in axSpA, and in axSpA sub-classifications. A systematic literature search was conducted in Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), and Cochrane Library, updated to April 2020, combining keywords and relevant MeSH headings, to identify papers reporting the prevalence of fibromyalgia in axSpA, or data from which this could be computed. This was then combined in a meta-analysis with data from the Scotland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis (SIRAS), a national axSpA register in Scotland. Data was pooled using random or fixed effects models where heterogeneity was greater or lesser than 75%. From 3401 manuscripts initially identified, 15 papers were included in the final review, plus SIRAS, giving data from 16 separate sources. The prevalence of fibromyalgia, among a total of 5214 patients, was 16.4% (95% CI 12.3-20.5%). Prevalence varied with axSpA sub-classification: ankylosing spondylitis: 13.8% (9.1-18.6%); MRI positive non-radiographic axSpA 20.3% (6.5-34.1%); and 'clinical' disease: 11.1% (6.0-16.2%). Overall, around 1 in 6 patients with axSpA also meet criteria for fibromyalgia. While estimates from individual studies vary, comorbid fibromyalgia represents a considerable burden across all sub-classifications of axSpA. This emphasises that focusing management solely on inflammatory disease in this patient group is unlikely to yield optimal improvements in quality of life.
KW - Axial spondyloarthritis
KW - Fibromyalgia
KW - Prevalence
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - OF-RHEUMATOLOGY 1990
KW - PART
KW - CONCOMITANT FIBROMYALGIA
KW - CLASSIFICATION
KW - ANKYLOSING-SPONDYLITIS
KW - DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086599869&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00296-020-04621-5
DO - 10.1007/s00296-020-04621-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 32556474
VL - 40
SP - 1581
EP - 1591
JO - Rheumatology International
JF - Rheumatology International
SN - 0172-8172
ER -