Multicriteria decision analysis process to develop new classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus.

ABSTRACT: European League Against Rheumatism and are jointly supporting multiphase development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) classification criteria based on weighted criteria and a continuous probability scale. Prior steps included item generation, item reduction and hierarchical organisation of candidate criteria using an evidence-based approach. Our objectives were to determine relative weights using multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) and to set a provisional threshold score for SLE classification. An SLE Expert Panel (8 European, 9 North American) submitted 164 real, unique cases with a wide range of SLE probability in a standardised format. Using the candidate criteria, experts scored and rank-ordered 20 representative cases. At an in-person meeting, experts reviewed inter-rater rel

SUBMITTER: Tedeschi SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057251 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature