Validation of the Raynaud’s Condition Score in Argentina

Autor:	Julieta Silvana Morbiducci, Felix E. Romanini, Marisel Bejarano, María Cecilia Castro, Juan Argüello, Nicolás Lloves, Maria Natalia Tamborenea, Anastasia Secco
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Skin score medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study integumentary system business.industry Visual analogue scale Population Construct validity Condition score macromolecular substances Physical therapy Medicine In patient skin and connective tissue diseases business education
Zdroj:	Revista Argentina de Reumatología. :5-8
ISSN:	2362-3675 0327-4411
DOI:	10.47196/rar.v32i2.354
Popis:	Objective: the aim of our study was to adapt and validate the Raynaud’s Condition Score (RCS) in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) who attend a public hospital in Argentina. Materials and Methods: for adaptation, rheumatologists translated to Spanish the original version in English. To assess the construct validity we used: Health Assesment Questionnaire (HAQ), Duruöz´s Hand Index (DHI), spanish validation for Argentina, Raynaud Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) by an expert and Modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS).To assess reproducibility, a subgroup of patients was randomly evaluated with no changes in treatment or clinical condition ten days after the baseline evaluation. Results: A total of 35 patients with SSc were included. The correlation between RCS and Raynaud VAS by an expert was 0.89; RCS and HAQ 0.58; RCS and mRSS 0.61; RCS and DHI 0.57 indicating a very good correlation mainly between the studied Score and the Raynaud VAS and being all statistically significant. The reproducibility was 0.998. Conclusion: The results show that the RCS is a reliable and valid tool for this argentinian population with SSc.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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