Table 3.

Correlations between physician and patient tender and swollen joints and HAQ-DI, CDAI, and SDAI scores calculated using physician/patient joint counts.

BaselineWeek 12Week 24
Correlation between patient and physician joint counts*
  Tender joint counts0.780.78
  Swollen joint counts0.550.530.43
Correlation between HAQ-DI and patient/physician joint counts
  HAQ-DI vs physician tender joint counts0.420.540.51
  HAQ-DI vs physician swollen joint counts0.250.380.31
  HAQ-DI vs patient tender joint counts0.470.580.54
  HAQ-DI vs patient swollen joint counts0.370.390.48
Correlation between DAS28 and Pt-DAS280.730.750.69
Correlation between physician CDAI and patient CDAI0.730.780.75
Correlation between physician SDAI and patient SDAI0.750.790.76
  • * Intraclass correlation coefficients for physician- and patient-derived tender and swollen joint counts.

  • Spearman correlation coefficients for physician- and patient-derived tender and swollen joint counts. CDAI: Clinical Disease Activity Index; DAS28: Disease Activity Score; Pt-DAS28: Patient-derived Disease Activity Score; SDAI: Simplified Disease Activity Score; HAQ-DI: Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index.