title: [Clinical epidemiologic study of admissions for ankylosing spondilitis at the Clinic of Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation, Hospital of Rehabilitation Iaşi, between 1990 and 2007].
abstract: METHODS
  A retro-prospective study was carried out on a sample of 678 patients suffering from ankylosing spondilitis (AS), admitted in the Clinic of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Hospital, Iaşi.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis highlighted that 86.8% were males, with a soft predominance of urban area (57.1%). Over 50% of the entire sample was exposed to risk factors from industrial area; 11.6% from agriculture; 10.5%--various categories of intellectuals, and 17.8% included domestic and socioeconomic activities, difficult to estimate. Analysis of temporal interval between onset and diagnosis establishment attested that it was been performed during the first year for 42.7%; next 2-9 years, for 40.1%, and in 17.5% of cases, 10 and over 21 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Difficulties in early diagnosis achievement, in order to obtain optimal therapeutic results and, consequently, reduce the important impact on patient, family and society, placed AS among diseases with serious medical, social and economic involvements.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Recuperare Iaşi, Clinica de Reumatologie şi Recuperare medicală, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină.
authors.forename: Mioara-Maria
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tigău
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rezuş
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manole
authors.forename: Mioara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matei
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012219:Rheumatology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*