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This study evaluated the discriminatory referral performance of 2 validated questionnaires in newly referred rheumatology patients in British Columbia, Canada.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients completed the Early Inflammatory Arthritis Questionnaire (EIAQ) and Case Finding Axial Spondyloarthritis (CaFaSpA) questionnaire. Predictive scores for IA were calculated using existing algorithms and compared to the reference standard of their rheumatologist diagnosis. Discriminative performance was tested using the area under the receiver-operating characteristics curve (AUC), and diagnostic performance was tested using metrics, including sensitivity and specificity. Exploratory regression models were used to predict IA with different combinations of questionnaire questions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 92 participants, 30 (33%) had time-sensitive IA (TS-IA), 35 (38%) other IA, and 27 (29%) non-IA. Time from referral to rheumatologist visits for patients with TS-IA was 44 days (IQR 28-83), 69 (IQR 40-102) for \u201cother IA,\u201d 65 (IQR 34-99) for \u201cnon-IA,\u201d and was longer for women (+ 9 days) and in nonmetropolitan areas (+ 16 days). Only 7 patients had axial spondyloarthritis, precluding discriminative analysis of the CaFaSpA. 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