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Pain and Spondyloarthritis in Psoriasis

Do psoriasis patients have more pain?

Publish date:: June 8, 2015

Patients with psoriasis have a higher than normal prevalence of lower axial pain, inflammatory back pain (IBP), spondyloarthritis (SpA), and alternating buttock pain, according to a study of 148 patients with a self-reported diagnosis of psoriasis. Researchers found that the psoriasis group:

• Had a higher prevalence of axial pain (31.1% versus 18.9%) and a higher rate of sudden axial pain (23.3% vs 13.0%)

• Had a higher prevalence of alternating buttock pain (7.2% vs 2.4%)

• Had a higher prevalence of SpA (14.3% vs 1.5%)

• More frequently met IBP criteria (P=0.04 vs P=0.02)

Citation: Thom N, Ritchlin CT, Zhang X, Reveille J, Weisman MH. Prevalence of chronic axial pain, inflammatory back pain, and spondyloarthritis in diagnosed psoriasis. [Published online ahead of print May 25, 2015]. Arthritis Care Res. doi: 10.1002/acr.22528.

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