Easy-BILAG: a new tool for simplified recording of SLE disease activity using BILAG-2004 index
| Autor: | Sarah Skeoch, Ian N. Bruce, David A. Isenberg, Lucy M Carter, Chee Seng Yee, Edward M Vital, Caroline Gordon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Biological Products Index (economics) Glossary business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Fidelity Usability Kidney Severity of Illness Index Disease activity Documentation Rheumatology Workbook medicine Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Pharmacology (medical) Medical physics General hospital business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 61(10) |
| ISSN: | 1462-0332 |
| Popis: | Objective BILAG-2004 index is a comprehensive disease activity instrument for SLE but administrative burden and potential frequency of errors limits its use in routine practice. We aimed to develop a tool for more accurate, time-efficient scoring of BILAG-2004 index with full fidelity to the existing instrument. Methods Frequency of BILAG-2004 items was collated from a BILAG-biologics registry (BILAG-BR) dataset. Easy-BILAG prototypes were developed to address known issues affecting speed and accuracy. After expert verification, accuracy and usability of the finalized Easy-BILAG was validated against standard format BILAG-2004 in a workbook exercise of 10 case vignettes. Thirty-three professionals ranging in expertise from 14 UK centres completed the validation exercise. Results Easy-BILAG incorporates all items present in ≥5% BILAG-BR records, plus full constitutional and renal domains into a rapid single page assessment. An embedded glossary and colour-coding assists domain scoring. A second page captures rarer manifestations when needed. In the validation exercise, Easy-BILAG yielded higher median scoring accuracy (96.7%) than standard BILAG-2004 documentation (87.8%, P = 0.001), with better inter-rater agreement. Easy-BILAG was completed faster (59.5 min) than the standard format (80.0 min, P = 0.04) for 10 cases. An advantage in accuracy was observed with Easy-BILAG use among general hospital rheumatologists (91.3 vs 75.0, P = 0.02), leading to equivalent accuracy as tertiary centre rheumatologists. Clinicians rated Easy-BILAG as intuitive, convenient, and well adapted for routine practice. Conclusion Easy-BILAG facilitates more rapid and accurate scoring of BILAG-2004 across all clinical settings, which could improve patient care and biologics prescribing. Easy-BILAG should be adopted wherever BILAG-2004 assessment is required. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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