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We convened a multidisciplinary clinician and patient group to develop recommendations for rheumatology referral of adults with chronic back pain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Systematic review (SR) and meta\u2010analysis determined predictive values of clinical, laboratory, and imaging axSpA features for diagnosis. In a Delphi exercise, experts reviewed these test characteristics and voted to gain consensus for inclusion or exclusion in the final recommendations. Features that did not gain consensus were evaluated using discrete choice experiments (DCE). Positive likelihood ratios (+LRs) were used to calculate the probability of axSpA to develop the referral strategy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The SR uncovered 28 axSpA features (+LR 0.5\u201310). There was consensus to include uveitis, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate or C\u2010reactive protein, family history of spondyloarthritis, HLA\u2010B27, inflammatory bowel disease, sacroiliitis by imaging, good response to nonsteroidal anti\u2010inflammatory drugs, and psoriasis. DCE allowed exclusion of features with low importance. 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