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JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
卷 43, 期 8, 页码 1510-1518出版社
J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.151440
关键词
SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; SCLERODERMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT
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资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [FRN 83518]
- Scleroderma Society of Canada
- Scleroderma Society of Ontario
- Scleroderma Society of Saskatchewan
- Sclerodermie Quebec
- Cure Scleroderma Foundation
- INOVA Diagnostics Inc.
- Dr. Fooke Laboratorien GmbH
- Euroimmun
- Mikrogen GmbH
- Pfizer
- Actelion pharmaceuticals
- Fonds de la recherche en Sante du Quebec
- CIHR Undergraduate research award
- CSRG
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Objective. To develop a weighted summary score for the Medsger Disease Severity Scale (DSS) and to compare its measurement properties with those of a summed DSS score and a physician's global assessment (PGA) of severity score in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods. Data from 875 patients with SSc enrolled in a multisite observational research cohort were extracted from a central database. Item response theory was used to estimate weights for the DSS weighted score. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and convergent, discriminative, and predictive validity of the 3 summary measures in relation to patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and mortality were compared. Results. Mean PGA was 2.69 (SD 2.16, range 0-10), mean DSS summed score was 8.60 (SD 4.02, range 0-36), and mean DSS weighted score was 8.11 (SD 4.05, range 0-36). ICC were similar for all 3 measures [PGA 6.9%, 95% credible intervals (CrI) 2.1-16.2; DSS summed score 2.5%, 95% CrI 0.4-6.7; DSS weighted score 2.0%, 95% CrI 0.1-5.6]. Convergent and discriminative validity of the 3 measures for PRO were largely similar. In Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for age and sex, the 3 measures had similar predictive ability for mortality (adjusted R-2 13.9% for PGA, 12.3% for DSS summed score, and 10.7% DSS weighted score). Conclusion. The 3 summary scores appear valid and perform similarly. However, there were some concerns with the weights computed for individual DSS scales, with unexpected low weights attributed to lung, heart, and kidney, leading the PGA to be the preferred measure at this time. Further work refining the DSS could improve the measurement properties of the DSS summary scores.
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