• Miguel Ángel Abad, Rafael Ariza Ariza, Juan José Aznar, Enrique Batlle, Emma Beltrán, Juan de Dios Cañete, Eugenio de Miguel, Alejandro Escudero, Cristina Fernández-Carballido, Jordi Gratacós, Estíbaliz Loza, Luis Francisco Linares, Carlos Montilla, Manuel Moreno Ramos, Juan Mulero, Rubén Queiro, Enrique Raya, Carlos Rodríguez Lozano, Jesús Rodríguez Moreno, Jesús Sanz, Lucía Silva-Fernández, Juan Carlos Torre Alonso, Pedro Zarco, José Luis Fernández-Sueiro, Xavier Juanola, 2e study group, and Spanish Society of Rheumatology.
• Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Spain.
• Rheumatol. Int. 2014 Feb 1; 34 (2): 165-70.

AbstractTo 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.

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