Comparison of disease activity measures in early psoriatic arthritis in usual care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare responsiveness and longitudinal validity of Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28), Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA), Composite Psoriatic Disease Activity Index (CPDAI), Psoriatic ArthritiS Disease Activity Score (PASDAS), GRAppa Composite scorE (GRACE) and Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) in usual care PsA patients, within 1 year after diagnosis.

Methods

Data collected in the Dutch southwest early PsA cohort (DEPAR) were used. Responsiveness was assessed using effect size (ES), standardized response mean (SRM), and discrimination between different general health states. Longitudinal validity was tested using mixed models with outcomes health-related quality of life (HRQOL), productivity and disability.

Results

Responsiveness was h

SUBMITTER: Wervers K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7032073 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature