Oral Presentation ARA-NSW 2019 - 41st Annual NSW Branch Meeting

Background:    

Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a seronegative inflammatory arthropathy with an estimated prevalence of up to 30% in patients with pre-existing psoriasis. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in patients diagnosed with adult Psoriatic Arthritis in comparison to patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Psoriasis. MetS is defined as the presence of ¾ of insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and abdominal obesity. Secondary outcomes fort this study include:

• Prevalence of MetS in comparison to RA and Psoriasis populations
• Prevalence of MetS in PsA based on different classification criteria, Gross National Income of the country of origin and based on gender
• Prevalence of the individual components of MetS in those diagnosed with PsA

Methods:

Search Strategy: Search terms for Psoriatic Arthritis, RA, Psoriasis and MetS were developed with a librarian using the following databases: MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, ProQuest, Ebsco CINAHL, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and The Cochrane Library.

Data Extraction: Relevant articles will be screened for eligibility for inclusion in review based on STROBE checklist. Covidence© online software will be initially used for screening of articles. Articles which have been included and excluded in the study will be reviewed by two authors.

Risk of Bias Assessment: Quality assessment will be performed using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist.

Strategy for Data synthesis: Statistical analysis will occur using SPSS data editor software. Descriptive statistics will be calculated with mean and standard deviations.

Results: Data will be collected

Conclusions: Not available