Comparison of rheumatoid arthritis composite disease activity indices and residual activity in a Brazilian multicenter study- REAL study.
Isabela Araújo SantosRenê Donizeti Ribeiro de OliveiraSergio Couto Luna AlmeidaAna Beatriz Vargas-SantosRodrigo Balbino Chaves AmorimAna Paula Monteiro GomidesCleandro Pires de AlbuquerqueManoel Barros BertoloMaria Fernanda Brandão de Resende GuimarãesMaria Raquel da Costa PintoGustavo Gomes ResendeRina Dalva Neubarth GiorgiNathalia de Carvalho SacilotoSebastião Cezar RadominskiFernanda Maria BorghiKarina Rossi BonfiglioliHenrique Carrico da SilvaMaria de Fatima L da Cunha SaumaIvanio Alves PereiraGlaucio Ricardo Werner de CastroClaiton Viegas BrenolRicardo Machado XavierLicia Maria Henrique MotaPaulo Louzada-JuniorGeraldo da Rocha Castelar-PinheiroPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Although all composite indices of activity can be used in clinical practice and showed good agreement, CDAI and SDAI have better performance in evaluating remission based on the Boolean method, showing less residual activity and higher sensibility and specificity. In addition, CDAI seems to be more feasible for disease activity evaluation in daily clinical practice, especially in developing countries.