Abstracts tagged "DMARDs and outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 1742 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Effect of DMARD Therapies on NSAID Intake, Quality of Life, and Physical Functioning in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Gulay KINIKLI¹, Gizem Irem KINIKLI², Sevilay KARAHAN³, Ayten YUKSEK⁴, Askin ATES⁵ and Murat TURGAY⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey, ³Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Ankara Ibn_i Sina Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology,, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Conventional treatments include NSAID and physiotherapy remain the mainstay of treatment in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). After the failure of conventional therapy, DMARD therapies are…