Reproducibility of Ocular Surface Staining in the Assessment of Sjogren Syndrome-Related Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: Implications on Disease Classification.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the performance and reproducibility of the two currently used ocular surface staining scores in the assessment of keratoconjunctivitis sicca in Sjögren syndrome (SS) research classification.

Methods

In a multidisciplinary clinic for the evaluation of sicca, we performed all tests for the American European Consensus Group (AECG) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria, including the van Bijsterveld score (vBS) and the Ocular Staining Score (OSS), in 994 participants with SS or with non-SS sicca. We analyzed the concordance between the scores, the diagnostic accuracy and correlation with clinical variables, and interrater and intrasubject reproducibilit

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6710016 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature