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Neuropatisk spinal smärta vid ankyloserande spondylit

2 november 2026 uppdaterad av: Taciser Kaya, Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital

Prevalensen av spinal neuropatisk smärta hos patienter med ankyloserande spondylit och dess inverkan på sömnkvaliteten: en fallkontrollstudie

The aim of this study is to investigate prevalence of neuropathic spinal pain in AS patients and it's impact on sleep quality. Moreover effects of neuropathic pain on quality of life and fatigue will be assessed.

Studieöversikt

Status

Aktiv, inte rekryterande

Detaljerad beskrivning

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, inflammatory rheumatic disease that mainly presenting with chronic back pain. In general, chronic low back pain is currently defined as a mixed pain including nociceptive and neuropathic properties. Nociceptive pain in several rheumatic diseases displays neuropathic characteristics over time. Patients with AS are suffered from spinal, entheseal pain or pain originated from peripheral and root joints. Although being scarce, there are trials investigating and reporting neuropathic component of spinal pain in axial spondyloarthritis/ankylosing spondylitis patients. However these trials either are not controlled or did not specify painful region of interest. In a few controlled trials control subjects were not defined clearly.

Sleep problems are reported to be prevalent among patients with chronic pain conditions such as inflammatory rheumatic diseases and fibromyalgia. In patients with ankylosing spondylitis sleep disturbance is a well defined issue. The fact that sleep problem is a common problem in AS, raises the need to explore it's associates. In the trials measuring spinal neuropathic pain, sleep disturbances and it's association with neuropathic pain were not assessed.

So, investigators have aimed to investigate prevalence of neuropathic spinal pain in AS patients and it's impact on sleep quality. For this purpose a case-control study design was planned. Age- and sex-matched control subjects will be chosen among individuals submitted to out-patient clinic with nociceptive/mechanical pain complaint lasting more than three months. Participants in control group will be subjected to same exclusion criteria too.

This design will allow the investigators to determine whether spinal pain in AS patients displays neuropathic character more frequently than any chronic nociceptive pain does.

Studietyp

Observationell

Inskrivning (Faktisk)

292

Kontakter och platser

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Studieorter

      • Izmir, Turkiet (Türkiye)
        • Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital

Deltagandekriterier

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Urvalskriterier

Åldrar som är berättigade till studier

18 år till 70 år (Vuxen, Äldre vuxen)

Tar emot friska volontärer

Nej

Kön som är behöriga för studier

Allt

Testmetod

Icke-sannolikhetsprov

Studera befolkning

AS patients and age- and sex-matched control subjects will be chosen among individuals submitting to our out-patient clinic with nociceptive/mechanical pain complaint lasting more than three months.

Beskrivning

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being diagnosed with AS according to the 1984 Modified New York Criteria
  • Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) spinal pain score ≥ 2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency, hypothyroidism
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome, postherpetic neuralgia, spinal cord compression
  • Neurological diseases leading to neuropathic pain
  • Cervical and lumbar radiculopathy
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Malignancy
  • Severe cardiac disease
  • Pregnancy
  • Muscle weakness or hypoesthesia indicating peripheral nerve injury
  • In the last three months medical treatment leading to neuropathy (colchicine etc.)
  • In the last three months drug use for the treatment of fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety

Studieplan

Det här avsnittet ger detaljer om studieplanen, inklusive hur studien är utformad och vad studien mäter.

Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

  • Observationsmodeller: CASE_CONTROL
  • Tidsperspektiv: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Kohorter och interventioner

Grupp / Kohort
Intervention / Behandling
AS patients

AS patients diagnosed according to the modified New York criteria

questionnaires and inventories related to primary end secondary outcomes will be applied and physical examination will be performed.

Andra namn:
  • fysisk undersökning
Control

Age- and sex-matched control subjects with nociceptive/mechanical pain complaint lasting more than three months

questionnaires and inventories related to primary end secondary outcomes will be applied and physical examination will be performed.

Andra namn:
  • fysisk undersökning

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Neuropathic pain
Tidsram: Once, at baseline

It will be assessed using the PainDETECT questionnaire. This questionnaire contains nine questions all of which are self-report. Seven items are rated on a six point Likert scale and thus are scored between 0-5. These seven questions query some sensations such as burning, tingling or prickling, allodynia, numbness etc. Apart from these seven items, one item assesses the radiation of pain and the other one item looks for the temporal characteristics of pain. A total score of 12 or less indicates neuropathic component is unlikely, 13-18 means possible neuropathic component and 19 or greater means a neuropathic component is likely. Beside these, there are three items in a separate section measuring severity of pain at the time of evaluation, on average and maximum over the past month. This section is not taken into account in scoring

Once, at baseline
Sleep quality
Tidsram: Once, at baseline

It will be assessed using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). It was developed by Buysse and coworkers in 1989. This index measures sleep quality quantitatively and covers 24 questions. Nineteen questions are self-rated and scoring is based on these self-rated questions, other five questions that rating by partner are not taken into account while calculating total score. Questionnaire measures seven domains; subjective sleep quality (question 6), sleep latency (question 2 and 5a), sleep duration (question 4), habitual sleep efficiency (question 1,3,4), sleep disturbances (question 5b-j), use of sleep medication (question 7), and daytime dysfunction (question 8 and 9) over the last month. Seven domain scores give a result on a 0 to 3 scale. To yield a total score the domain scores are summed. Total score varies between 0 and 21. Higher scores indicate worse sleep quality.

Once, at baseline

Sekundära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Health related quality of life
Tidsram: Once, at baseline

Health related quality of life will be assessed using (Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (ASQoL) querying symptoms, functioning, and disease-related concern. It covers 18 dichotomous questions that ask participants to answer in a yes or no fashion. An answer of "yes" is assumed as one point. To get a final score, all points are summed. Thus, total score is between 0-18 and higher scores indicate worse quality of life.

Once, at baseline
Fatigue
Tidsram: Once, at baseline

It will be assessed using Fatigue Severity Scale. This scale contains nine questions and measures fatigue severity during the past week. Each question is rated between 1 (strongly disagree)-7 (strongly disagree). Total score is mean of all To calculate total score first the points of all answers are summed and then the result is divided by nine. Higher scores indicate severe fatigue

Once, at baseline

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Utredare

  • Studierektor: Taciser Kaya, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Reseach Hospital

Publikationer och användbara länkar

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Studieavstämningsdatum

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart (Faktisk)

6 april 2021

Primärt slutförande (Faktisk)

2 november 2024

Avslutad studie (Beräknad)

2 maj 2027

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

19 mars 2021

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

19 mars 2021

Första postat (Faktisk)

22 mars 2021

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

4 november 2026

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

2 november 2026

Senast verifierad

1 november 2026

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