Domains | All | Physician** | Patient*** | DAS28† | ||||
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Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
Source | n = 501 | n = 148 | n = 253 | n = 124 | n = 377 | n = 49 | n = 264 | |
Pain | ||||||||
How much pain due to RA in past week? | HAQ | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.90 |
Today’s level of pain today | RADAI | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.85 |
Pain past week | Pt Global | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.90 |
Joint area pain severity (0–48) | RADAI | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 0.75 |
Patient tender joint count (40) | Patient | 0.54 | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.35 | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
MD tender joint count (28) | MD | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.51 |
Physical function | ||||||||
Disability score (0–3) | HAQ | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.63 | 0.77 |
Physical function | RAND–12 | −0.68 | −0.68 | −0.61 | −0.71 | −0.60 | −0.64 | −0.67 |
Daily activities in past 7 days | WPAI | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.81 |
Fatigue | ||||||||
Vitality (Rand-12) | RAND-12 | −0.62 | −0.60 | −0.65 | −0.64 | −0.59 | −0.69 | −0.61 |
Unusual fatigue/tiredness past week | Pt Global | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
Participation | ||||||||
Role — physical | RAND-12 | −0.72 | −0.65 | −0.71 | −0.69 | −0.66 | −0.70 | −0.67 |
Social function | RAND-12 | −0.61 | −0.67 | −0.60 | −0.72 | −0.49 | −0.68 | −0.61 |
Productivity while working | WPAI | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.79 |
RA affecting daily activities | WPAI | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.81 |
Stiffness | ||||||||
AM joint stiffness score | RADAI | 0.68 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.71 |
↵* Spearman correlation coefficients for second visit.
↵** Physician endorsement of flare based on rating ≥ 0.5 cm on flare severity 100 mm VAS.
↵*** Patient classification of flare based on Yes/No.
↵† DAS scores < 3.2 at second visit required an increase of 1.2 units whereas DAS ≥ 3.2 at second visit required increase of 0.6. HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire; RADAI: Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index; Pt. Global: Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity; VR-12: Veteran Rand-12 Health Survey; WPAI: Work Productivity and Activity Impairment-Rheumatoid Arthritis; PRO: patient-reported outcome; DAS28: 28-joint Disease Activity Score; RAND-12: Veterans Rand 12-item Health Survey.