2023 EULAR classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study is to develop classification criteria for overall hand osteoarthritis (OA), interphalangeal OA and thumb base OA based on self-reported data and radiographic features.

Methods

The classification criteria sets were developed in three phases. In phase 1, we identified criteria that discriminated hand OA from controls. In phase 2, we used a consensus-based decision analysis approach to derive a clinician-based evaluation of the relative importance of the criteria. In phase 3, we refined the scoring system, determined the cut-offs for disease classification and compared the sensitivity and specificity of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) criteria with the 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria.

SUBMITTER: Haugen IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503154 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature