Journal article
A reliability study of SLEDAI: a disease activity index for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Abstract
SLEDAI, a disease activity index for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been validated against other such indices and its reliability has been shown by specialists in SLE. To assess its reliability among less experienced clinicians, we conducted a reliability study with 3 rheumatology trainees and 9 patients with SLE according to a Latin square design. SLEDAI easily distinguished between patients (p = 0.0009), and physician variability was …
Authors
Hawker G; Gabriel S; Bombardier C; Goldsmith C; Caron D; Gladman D
Journal
The Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 657–660
Publication Date
4 1993
ISSN
0315-162X