NASS in Ghent 2024

NASS in Ghent 2024

14th International Congress on Spondyloarthritides

 


From the 5th to 7th September NASS will be in Ghent for the 14th International Congress on Spondyloarthritides.


We will be presenting three posters related to our work on diagnostic delay, so come and ask us about the work, find Dr Thomas Ingram our research associate at the conference.

 


  • Friday 6 September from 10.30 until 11.15 hrs – “Gender disparity in axial Spondyloarthritis diagnosis: where is the unconscious bias? Results from the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) patient survey” – focused on gender inequalities

 

See poster here.

 


  • Friday 6 September from 16.00 until 16.40 hrs – “Closing the Diagnosis Divide: Innovative Strategies for Expedited Detection of Axial Spondyloarthritis” – focuses on our Belfast public awareness work

 

See poster here.

 


  • Friday 6 September from 16.00 until 16.40 hrs – “What is the economic burden of delayed axial spondyloarthritis diagnosis in the UK?” – based on our work on modelling the economic cost of delayed diagnosis

 

See poster here.

 


 

You can also see the final programme here to find out where NASS will be: spa_congress_programme 

Symptoms starting slowly

Pain in the lower back

Improves with movement

Night time waking

Early onset (under 40)