Sjögren's disease & overlap diseases
Reliability of colour Doppler ultrasonography of the major salivary glands in Sjögren's disease
Authors' conclusion
CD SGUS is a reliable imaging technique to visualise intraparenchymal vasculature in patients suspected of SjD, and therefore could be an asset in daily clinical practice. It requires, however, experience and prior training.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive outpatients clinically suspected of SjD in a diagnostic trajectory, University Medical Center Groningen
- Participants
- 100 consecutive outpatients
- Comparison
- Intraobserver and interobserver reliability of colour Doppler (CD) SGUS scoring across observers of differing experience; live vs static scoring
- Outcome
- Intra- and interobserver reliability of CD SGUS (OMERACT CD score 0-3 per gland; total score 0-12)
Methodological detailssingle-centre, consecutive outpatients, four independent observers, two scoring sessions, OMERACT CD scoring system
- Single-centre
- Consecutive outpatients
- Four independent observers
- Two scoring sessions
- OMERACT CD scoring system
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Reliability of CD SGUS scoring
- Intraobserver weighted Cohen's kappa, individual glands, range (inexperienced to experienced observer)
- 0.23 to 0.81
- Intraobserver ICC, total CD score, range (inexperienced to experienced observer)
- 0.53 to 0.90
- Intraobserver ICC, live vs static images
- 0.72
- Interobserver ICC, total CD score, session 1
- 0.81
- Interobserver ICC, total CD score, session 2
- 0.71
Further findings
Sources of variance in scores
- Patient variance
- 74.1%
- Residual variance
- 15.5%
Original publication
Reliability of colour Doppler ultrasonography of the major salivary glands in Sjögren's disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 30 August 2024. doi:10.
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