4.The daily activities that raised the greatest challenges were
housework (76%), shopping (92%), and sporting activities (96%)
(Table 5).Daily activities Number of patients/(%)
Grooming 19 (38)
Housework 38 (76)
Shopping 46 (92)
Sports 48 (96)
Socializing 30 (60)
Travel 40 (80)
between sexual problems and age, sex, disease duration, tender
joint count, hip involvement, ESR, CRP, BASRI, BASDAI, BASFI, or
BASG.The only factor significantly associated with sexual problems
was a BASMI greater than 4 (P = 0.048).Among the 27 married patients, 12 (44%) men reported sexual
problems related to AS and 10 reported negative reactions of their
spouses to the disease.No correlations were found
Table 5
Difficulties with daily activities.