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Title: Radiological scoring methods in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Reliability and change over 1 and 2 years
Authors: Spoorenberg, B
de Vlam, K
van der Linden, S
Dougados, M
Mielants, H.
de Tempel, HV
VAN DER HEIJDE, Desiree 
Issue Date: 2004
Publisher: J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO
Source: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, 31(1). p. 125-132
Abstract: Objective. To compare reliability and change over time of radiological scoring methods in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods. Two trained observers scored 217 sets of radiographs from baseline and from one and 2 years' followup. Sacroiliac (SI) joints were grade 0-4 by the New York method and Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score (SASSS). Hips and cervical and lumbar spine were graded 0-4 by Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index (BASRI). BASRI spinal scores and New York SI are combined into BASRI-spine (score 2-12) and with the addition of BASRI-hips into BASRI-total (2-16). Cervical and lumbar spine were also scored in detail (SASSS, 0-36 each) and were combined into SASSS-total or "modified" SASSS (both range 0-72). To assess change a smallest detectable difference (SDD) was estimated for data on a quasi-interval scale. Results. The SI scoring methods showed intra and interobserver kappa between 0.36 and 0.70. The BASRI-hip reached kappa between 0.59 and 0.84. Combined SASSS scores were most reliable, with intra and interobserver intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) between 0.90 and 0.96. The ICC of the combined BASRI scores were also very good, ranging from 0.85 to 0.95. For SI New York, SI SASSS, and BASRI-hip, 0.3-1.2% of patients deteriorated 1 grade; 7.5% deteriorated 1 grade (6.3% of maximum score) in BASRI-spine and BASRI-total, and observers agreed in up to 48% of the cases that no change occurred. The SDD was lowest (7.5; 10% of maximum score) for "modified" SASSS. Only 0.8% of patients deteriorated more than the SDD and observers agreed in up to 92% of the cases that no change occurred. Conclusion. Radiological scoring methods for AS are moderately to excellently reliable. Under the selected scoring conditions (concealed time order, average of 2 observers, SDD based on interobserver data, unselected patient population) there was too little change over 2 years to be detected reliably by the scoring methods. (J Rheumatol 2004;31:125-32).
Notes: Univ Hosp Maastricht, Div Rheumatol, Dept Internal Med, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands. State Univ Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Hop Cochin, F-75674 Paris, France. Maasland Hosp, Sittard, Netherlands. Limburgs Univ Ctr, Diepenbeek, Belgium.van der Heijde, D, Univ Hosp Maastricht, Div Rheumatol, Dept Internal Med, POB 5800, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands.dhe@sint.azm.nl
Keywords: radiology; outcome; bath ankylosing spondylitis radiology index; stoke ankylosing spondylitis spine score ankylosing spondylitis
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/2443
Link to publication/dataset: http://jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts04/125.html
ISSN: 0315-162X
e-ISSN: 1499-2752
ISI #: 000188066100024
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2005
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