Validation of the Tunisian version of the Roland-Morris questionnaireIsmail Bejia
Department of Rheumatology, EPS Monastir, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
Eur Spine J 14:171-4. 2005
..Furthermore, it has a good internal- and external construct validity and high sensitivity to change. It is an adequate and useful tool for assessing low-back-pain disability...
- Low back pain in a cohort of 622 Tunisian schoolchildren and adolescents: an epidemiological study
Ismail Bejia
Department of Rheumatology, EPS Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
Eur Spine J 14:331-6. 2005
..07 (95% CI, 2.15-5.10). The prevalence of LBP among Tunisian schoolchildren and adolescents is high. This requires preventive measures and longitudinal studies, which are very important from the standpoint of public health...
- Reliability of the rheumatoid arthritis articular damage score in Tunisian patients
Ismail Bejia
Department of Rheumatology, EPS Monastir, Tunisia
Clin Rheumatol 24:593-4. 2005
..It correlates well with the Larsen score and disease duration and can be recommended for rheumatoid arthritis patients' follow-up in developing countries...
- Measuring utilities by the time trade-off method in Tunisian rheumatoid arthritis patients
Ismail Bejia
Department of Rheumatology, EPS Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
Clin Rheumatol 25:38-41. 2006
..We think that TTO and RS are not feasible for use in RA patients...
- Reproducibility of a low back pain questionnaire in Tunisian adolescents
Ismail Bejia
Department of Rheumatology, EPS Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
Clin Rheumatol 25:715-20. 2006
..71-1.00). The results suggest that the questionnaire used in the present study provided reproducible information and can be used as a survey tool for the investigation of low back problems in adolescents...
- Lipoma arborescens affecting multiple joints
Ismail Bejia
Department of Rheumatology, EPS Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
Skeletal Radiol 34:536-8. 2005
..As far as we know, this is the third case of multifocal lipoma arborescens reported in the English literature...
- Factors predicting outcomes of mechanical sciatica: a review of 1092 cases
Ismail Bejia
Rheumatology Department, Monastir Hospital, EPS Monastir 5000, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 71:567-71. 2004
..As an extremely common symptom and major source of lost productivity, mechanical sciatica places a heavy burden on public health...
- Socioeconomic impact of ankylosing spondylitis in Tunisia
Mohamed Younes
Service de Rhumatologie, EPS Monastir 5000, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 77:41-6. 2010
..Here, our objective was to assess the socioeconomic impact of AS and to identify factors associated with higher costs...
- Correlations between high-resolution computed tomography of the chest and clinical function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Prospective study in 75 patients
Saoussen Hassen Zrour
Rheumatology Department, Fattouma Bourguiba Teaching Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 72:41-7. 2005
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- The impact of pregnancy on rheumatoid arthritis outcome: the role of maternofetal HLA class II disparity
Saoussen Hassen Zrour
Immunology Department, Monastir Teaching Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 77:36-40. 2010
..To investigate the influence of pregnancy and postpartum on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) course and the impact of maternofetal HLA class II disparity...
- Prevalence and factors associated to low back pain among hospital staff
Ismail Bejia
Service de Rhumatologie, EPS Monastir, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 72:254-9. 2005
..019). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of LBP among hospital staff as well as the socio-professional drawbacks is important. Many factors are associated to LBP urging medical teams to take some preventive measures to reduce this affliction...
- Lipid profile in Tunisian patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Saoussen Hassen Zrour
Rheumatology Department, Monastir Teaching Hospital, Avenue 1er juin, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
Clin Rheumatol 30:1325-31. 2011
..Tunisian patients with markedly active RA experience substantially reduced serum HDL-c and increased TC, LDL-c and Lp (a) concentrations as well as increased TC/HDL-c, LDL-c/HDL-c and non-HDL-c/HDL-c ratios...
- Systemic effects of epidural and intra-articular glucocorticoid injections in diabetic and non-diabetic patients
Mohamed Younes
Rheumatology Department, Monastir Public Health Facility, Monastir, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 74:472-6. 2007
..The objective of this study was to look for systemic effects of local glucocorticoid injections at two sites in diabetic and non-diabetic patients...
- Familial calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. A Tunisian kindred
Ismail Bejia
Rheumatology Department, EPS Monastir, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
Joint Bone Spine 71:401-8. 2004
..Genetic studies in familial CPDD are focusing on the ANKH gene. We report a new Tunisian kindred with CPDD...
- The clinical rheumatoid arthritis articular damage score in Tunisian patients
Ismail Bejia
Arthritis Rheum 53:625-6. 2005
- [Validation of the Tunisian version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) in rheumatoid arthritis patients]
Ismail Bejia
Service de rhumatologie EPS Monastir,
Tunis Med 84:155-60. 2006
..CONCLUSION: The Tunisian version of the HAQ preserves the metrological properties of the original version and can be used for measuring and following functional abilities of Tunisian rheumatoid arthritis patients...
- DRESS syndrome induced by sulphasalazine in rheumatoid arthritis
Ismail Bejia
Joint Bone Spine 73:764-5. 2006
- Measuring enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis
Ismail Bejia
Joint Bone Spine 73:216-8. 2006
