Effect of Pulmonary Involvement on Bath Indexes, Quality of Life and Psychological Symptoms in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Karapolat H., ÇALIŞ F., AKKOÇ Y., GÜRGÜN A., SAVAŞ R., KİRAZLI Y., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.24, no.4, pp.183-189, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.183-189
  • Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis, pulmonary status, quality of life, HIGH-RESOLUTION CT, DISEASE-ACTIVITY INDEX, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, LUNG FINDINGS, PLEUROPULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS, CLINICAL FINDINGS, TURKISH VERSION, RELIABILITY, PARENCHYMA, DURATION
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Pain and stiffness disturb the psychological status and quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis ( AS) patients, which may be further deteriorated by pulmonary involvement. Therefore, detection of pulmonary involvement in AS patients is important. In this study, we aimed to detect pulmonary involvement in AS patients and to assess the effects of pulmonary involvement on Bath indexes, quality of life and psychological symptoms.