AB1173 Physician visual analog scale estimates for overall global assessment, inflammation, damage, and distress to assess patients and support clinical decisions in routine rheumatology care: analysis of inter-rater reliability

Background

A physician global estimate of patient status (DOCGL) was developed to quantify inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical trials. However, DOCGL may be affected by joint damage and/or distress (in fibromyalgia, depression, etc). One approach to document the possible impact of these problems on DOCGL is to add 3 physician visual analog subscale (VAS) estimates for inflammation, damage, and distress. These...