Outcome Measures in Large Vessel Vasculitis: Relationship Between Patient-, Physician-, Imaging-, and Laboratory-Based Assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between measures of disease assessment in patients with large vessel vasculitis.

Methods

Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Takayasu arteritis (TAK) were recruited into a prospective, observational cohort. Assessments within the following outcomes were independently recorded: 1) patient-reported outcomes (Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, patient global assessment of disease activity [PtGA], Short Form 36 health survey [SF-36], Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire), 2) physician global assessment of disease activity (PhGA), 3) laboratory outcomes (C-reactive protein [CRP] level, erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR]), and 4) imaging outcomes (PETVAS, a qualitative score of vascular ¹⁸ F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron e

SUBMITTER: Rimland CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260082 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature