C Drevinge, J M Scheffler, J Nordqvist, C Engdahl, H Carlsten, U Islander
{"title":"Treatment with a tissue-selective oestrogen complex does not affect disease pathology but reduces pre-BI cells in lupus-prone mice.","authors":"C Drevinge, J M Scheffler, J Nordqvist, C Engdahl, H Carlsten, U Islander","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2251753","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2251753","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is an autoimmune disease characterized by B-cell dysfunction, production of autoantibodies, and immune complex formation. Lupus is overrepresented in females, indicating that sex hormones play a role in the pathophysiology. Treatment with a tissue-selective oestrogen complex (TSEC) containing conjugated oestrogens and the selective oestrogen receptor modulator bazedoxifene (BZA) protects against postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms and osteoporosis, but its impact on organ damage in lupus is not fully understood.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used ovariectomized MRL/<i>lpr</i> mice, treated with two different physiological doses of 17β-oestradiol-3-benzoate (E2), BZA, or TSEC (E2 plus BZA), to assess early and late B-cell development and to determine histological disease manifestations in the kidneys and salivary glands.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>TSEC treatment reduced the frequency of the pre-BI population in bone marrow to levels equivalent to treatment with physiological doses of E2 alone but did not affect any of the other examined B-cell populations. Our earlier studies indicated that TSEC treatment did not aggravate disease development in ovariectomized MRL/<i>lpr</i> mice, while protecting against trabecular bone loss. Here, we follow up on our previous study and show that neither ovariectomy alone nor TSEC treatment of ovariectomized MRL/<i>lpr</i> mice influenced perivascular lymphocyte infiltration to the kidneys or salivary glands.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TSEC does not aggravate a mouse model of lupus, when given in doses that protect against postmenopausal lupus-associated bone loss. This indicates that further investigations into TSEC as a treatment for osteoporosis or vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women with SLE are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"49-58"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10311567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Ginnerup-Nielsen, E Bandak, C Bartholdy, M Henriksen, E E Wæhrens
{"title":"Validity of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire in people with knee pain: a Rasch analysis.","authors":"E Ginnerup-Nielsen, E Bandak, C Bartholdy, M Henriksen, E E Wæhrens","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2256089","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2256089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) is a frequently used measure of illness perception (IP). The aim of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the questionnaire when used in elderly people with knee pain.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Based on data from the Frederiksberg Cohort on elderly people reporting knee pain (N = 836), the psychometric properties of the eight B-IPQ items (1 'Consequences', 2 'Timeline', 3 'Personal control', 4 'Treatment control', 5 'Identity', 6 'Concern', 7 'Coherence', and 8 'Emotions') were analysed using Rasch analysis to establish whether the questionnaire provides reliable and valid measures of IP.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Threshold disordering was found on the 1-10 rating scale in all items. When rescaling to a 0-2 rating scale, disordering was resolved in six items. Item goodness-of-fit analyses revealed that two items displayed underfit misfit and four items overfit misfit; hence, the B-IPQ does not present unidimensionality. The person separation index indicated that items separate respondents into only two IP levels. Finally, floor and ceiling effects were found, indicating that the B-IPQ may not fully describe the extent of IP in this population.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The 1-10 rating scale used in the Danish B-IPQ targeting knee pain is suboptimal, while a 0-2 scale improves the psychometric properties of the scale. The B-IPQ does not present unidimensionality and the use of a sum score is therefore not recommended when assessing IP. The B-IPQ may not cover the extent of IP in elderly people with knee pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"63-71"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41133107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Delayed identification of disseminated infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and septic arthritis: a case report.","authors":"S S Røgind, M L Hetland","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2266909","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2266909","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"53 1","pages":"72-73"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139049276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reviewer acknowledgement December 2022 – November 2023","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2024.2295652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2024.2295652","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (Vol. 53, No. 1, 2024)","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139077789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reduced sleep quality is highly prevalent and associated with physical function and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional study","authors":"C Fongen, H Dagfinrud, A Bilberg, SH Sveaas","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2281069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2023.2281069","url":null,"abstract":"To assess sleep quality, and its associations with physical function, cardiorespiratory fitness, and spinal mobility, in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients.Baseline data from the Exercise for...","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138629944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unravelling the complexity: polymyositis, systemic sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, and papillary thyroid carcinoma","authors":"S Ösken","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2288775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2023.2288775","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (Ahead of Print, 2023)","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138685891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Mali, L Pirilä, L Perander, M Gardberg, M Jokela
{"title":"Identical twins with statin-associated anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase autoantibody-positive autoimmune myopathy","authors":"M Mali, L Pirilä, L Perander, M Gardberg, M Jokela","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2289729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2023.2289729","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (Ahead of Print, 2023)","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138629949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Guerini, D Sorace, F Bobbio Pallavicini, V Codullo, M Lucioni, S Fraticelli, J Viganò, P Quaretti, P Delvino
{"title":"Massive abdominal haemorrhage due to sequential omental vasculitis and ruptured aneurysms in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis","authors":"M Guerini, D Sorace, F Bobbio Pallavicini, V Codullo, M Lucioni, S Fraticelli, J Viganò, P Quaretti, P Delvino","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2286118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2023.2286118","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (Ahead of Print, 2023)","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138630233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T Michitsuji, S Fukui, S Morimoto, Y Endo, A Nishino, S Nishihata, Y Tsuji, T Shimizu, M Umeda, R Sumiyoshi, T Koga, N Iwamoto, T Origuchi, Y Ueki, T Yoshitama, N Eiraku, N Matsuoka, A Okada, K Fujikawa, H Ohtsubo, H Takaoka, H Hamada, T Tsuru, M Nawata, Y Arinobu, T Hidaka, Y Tada, A Kawakami, S-Y Kawashiri
{"title":"Clinical and ultrasound features of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis: A multicenter RA ultrasound cohort study","authors":"T Michitsuji, S Fukui, S Morimoto, Y Endo, A Nishino, S Nishihata, Y Tsuji, T Shimizu, M Umeda, R Sumiyoshi, T Koga, N Iwamoto, T Origuchi, Y Ueki, T Yoshitama, N Eiraku, N Matsuoka, A Okada, K Fujikawa, H Ohtsubo, H Takaoka, H Hamada, T Tsuru, M Nawata, Y Arinobu, T Hidaka, Y Tada, A Kawakami, S-Y Kawashiri","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2277542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2023.2277542","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The optimal strategy for difficult-to-treat (D2T) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not been identified, and the ultrasound characteristics of D2T RA have not been reported. We investigated ...","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"294 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138685892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M-L Karlsson, K Hertzberg-Nyquist, S Saevarsdottir, I E Lundberg, I Demmelmaier, S Pettersson, K Chatzidionysiou
{"title":"Evaluation of an individually tailored smoking-cessation intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in an outpatient clinic.","authors":"M-L Karlsson, K Hertzberg-Nyquist, S Saevarsdottir, I E Lundberg, I Demmelmaier, S Pettersson, K Chatzidionysiou","doi":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2172903","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03009742.2023.2172903","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate an individually tailored smoking-cessation intervention delivered in rheumatology care and compare the characteristics of patients who quit smoking with those who did not.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This was an open single-group prospective intervention study over 24 months, with assessments at baseline and at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. Current smokers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were invited to a smoking-cessation programme including behavioural change support, with or without pharmacotherapy. Data on disease activity, medical treatment, and patient-reported outcomes were retrieved from the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients at month 24 who reported having quit smoking with self-reported 7 day smoking abstinence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 99 patients participated in the study. Median age was 58 years (interquartile range 50-64); 69% were female and 88% rheumatoid factor and/or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide positive. At 24 months, 21% of the patients had quit smoking. At 6, 12, and 18 months, 12%, 12%, and 14% of patients, respectively, had quit smoking. For patients still smoking at 24 months, the median number of cigarettes per day was significantly reduced from 12 to 6 (p ≤ 0.001). Among patients who had quit smoking at 24 months, a smaller proportion reported anxiety at baseline compared to those still smoking (28% vs 58%, p = 0.02).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A smoking-cessation intervention including behavioural change support with or without pharmacotherapy can be helpful for a substantial number of RA patients. Anxiety is associated with lower smoking-cessation success rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":21424,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"591-600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10816843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}