title: Standards of care for patients with spondyloarthritis.
abstract: To define and give priory to standards of care in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). A systematic literature review on SpA standards of care and a specific search in relevant and related sources was performed. An expert panel was established who developed the standards of care and graded their priority (high, mild, low, or no priority) following qualitative methodology and Delphi process. An electronic survey was sent to a representative sample of 167 rheumatologists all around the country, who also gave priority to the standards of care (same scale). A descriptive analysis is presented. The systematic literature review retrieved no article specifically related to SpA patients. A total of 38 standards of care were obtained-12 related to structure, 20 to process, and 6 to result. Access to care, treatment, and safety standards of care were given a high priority by most of rheumatologists. Standards not directly connected to daily practice were not given such priority, as standards which included a time framework. The standards generated for the performance evaluation (including patient and professionals satisfaction) were not considered especially important in general. This set of standards of care should help improve the quality of care in SpA patients.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Rafael Ariza
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ariza
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Batlle
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beltrán
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Dios Cañete
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Miguel
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escudero
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández-Carballido
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gratacós
authors.forename: Estíbaliz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loza
authors.forename: Luis Francisco
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montilla
authors.forename: Manuel Moreno
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulero
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Queiro
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raya
authors.forename: Carlos Rodríguez
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: Jesús Rodríguez
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silva-Fernández
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Torre Alonso
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarco
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fernández-Sueiro
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Juanola
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards*; D025241:Spondylarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D059039:Standard of Care / Q000592:standards*