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Patient's global assessment of disease activity and patient's assessment of general health for rheumatoid arthritis activity assessment: are they equivalent?
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h3objectivesh3 assess determinants patient9s global assessment disease activity ptgl patient9s assessment general health gh scores rheumatoid arthritis ra patients b whether equivalent individual variables c whether may used interchangeably calculating common ra activity assessment composite indices h3methodsh3 data 7023 patients 30 countries quantitative standard monitoring patients ra questra analysed ptgl gh determinants assessed mixedeffects analyses covariance models ptgl gh equivalence determined blandaltman 95 limits agreement baloa lin9s coefficient concordance lcc concordance ptgl gh based disease activity score 28 das28 clinical disease activity index cdai routine assessment patient index data 3 rapid3 indices calculated using lcc level agreement classifying ra activity four states remission low moderate high using statistics h3resultsh3 significant differences relative absolute contribution ra nonra related variables ptgl gh ratings noted lcc 064 baloa 441 454 showed ptgl gh equivalent excellent concordance lcc 095099 ptgl gh based das28 cdai rapid3 indices gt80 absolute agreement statistics 075084 ra activity state classification three indices h3conclusionsh3 ptgl gh ratings differ determinants although individually equivalent may used interchangeably calculating composite indices ra activity assessment