[Screening and verification of questionnaire indexes for epidemiological studies on spondyloarthropathy].

Objective: To screen the parameters of questionnaire in prevalence survey of spondyloarthropathy (SpA) in China, and to evaluate the value and feasibility of questionnaire used in prevalence survey.

Methods: A questionnaire study on SpA with 12 questions involved was performed which came from a epidemiological survey on SpA in Brittany, France.

Results: (1) We found difference on the sensitivity and specificity of some indexes in the questionnaires between the French study and the one developed by ourselves.