Discordance between patient- and physician-reported disease activity in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Authors' conclusion
Fatigue, pain and physical activity are important driving factors of the differences observed in the patient vs physician assessment of myositis disease activity.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with probable/definite IIM (EULAR/ACR classification criteria)60% females
- Participants
- 50 adults
- Exposure
- Patient-global vs physician-global disease activity
- Outcome
- Determinants of patient-global and discordance (≥3 points difference) between patient-global and physician-global
Methodological detailsprospective, observational, linear regression
- Prospective
- Observational
- Linear regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Discordance between patient-global and physician-global (≥3 points)
Patient-global discordant with physician-global
30%
Among discordant, patient-global higher than physician-global
66%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Discordance between patient- and physician-reported disease activity in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 22 June 2023. doi:10.
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