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The questionnaire included 20 questions, with an estimated completion time of 5-7 minutes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hundred four of 441 (24%) invitees participated, including 80\/104 (77%) board-certified rheumatologists and 20\/104 (19%) fellows. Survey participants identified UpToDate (85%), treatment guidelines (74%), and colleagues (54%) as relevant sources of knowledge for managing axSpA\/AS. Of the participants, 64% and 53% considered themselves to be at least moderately familiar with the American College of Rheumatology\/Spondylitis Association of America\/Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (ACR\/SAA\/SPARTAN) and Assessment of Spondyloarthritis international Society\/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (ASAS\/EULAR) treatment recommendations for axSpA\/AS, respectively. Whereas 69% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that disease activity scores are useful for making treatment decisions in axSpA\/AS, only 37% measure patient-reported outcomes (PROs) frequently (\u2265 50% of clinic visits) while 82% do so for C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). PROs are typically recorded during clinic encounters (65%) and CRP\/ESR are obtained after the visit (86%). Of the participants, 57% and 47% considered the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index and Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score to be at least moderately useful for measuring disease activity in axSpA\/AS, respectively; 41% and 37% thought the same about the ASAS 20% improvement criteria and Clinical Disease Activity Index, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Treatment guidelines are an important resource for rheumatologists who manage patients with axSpA\/AS. 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