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Development of an ASAS-endorsed disease activity score (ASDAS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

C Lukas, R Landewé, J Sieper, M Dougados, J Davis, J Braun, S van der Linden, D van der Heijde

Citations:

962

References:

16

Abstract

Objectives: To develop a new index for disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (ASDAS) that is truthful, discriminative and feasible, and includes domains/items that are considered relevant by patients and doctors. Methods: Eleven candidate variables covering six domains of disease activity, selected by ASAS experts in a Delphi exercise, were tested in a three-step approach, similar to the meth...

Keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis

Medicine

BASDAI

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Internal medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

Physical therapy

Psoriatic arthritis

Cohort

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Reduced inequalities

2008

Article

Institution

University Hospital and CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht 6202 AZ The Netherlands,

Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany,

Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France,

Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, USA,

Department of Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany,

Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Publisher

2-Y Citation Average

1.058

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.094870

Language

Country

Development of an ASAS-endorsed disease activity score (ASDAS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Development of an ASAS-endorsed disease activity score (ASDAS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

C Lukas, R Landewé, J Sieper, M Dougados, J Davis, J Braun, S van der Linden, D van der Heijde

Citations:

962

References:

16

Abstract

Objectives: To develop a new index for disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (ASDAS) that is truthful, discriminative and feasible, and includes domains/items that are considered relevant by patients and doctors. Methods: Eleven candidate variables covering six domains of disease activity, selected by ASAS experts in a Delphi exercise, were tested in a three-step approach, similar to the meth...

Keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis

Medicine

BASDAI

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Internal medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

Physical therapy

Psoriatic arthritis

Cohort

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Reduced inequalities

2008

Article

Institution

University Hospital and CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht 6202 AZ The Netherlands,

Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany,

Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France,

Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, USA,

Department of Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany,

Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Publisher

2-Y Citation Average

1.058

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.094870

Language

Country