Table 1

Disease activity parameters of 30 patients presented in our survey

All patients (n=30)REM: Patients adjudicated to REM state (n=21)LDA: Patients adjudicated to LDA state (n=27)MDA: Patients adjudicated to MDA state (n=17)HDA: Patients adjudicated to HDA state (n=10)
Swollen joint count (SJC66)1 (0/4)§0 (0/0)§1.0 (0/2.0)§4 (2/5)§7 (5/9)§
0–14*0–14*0–7*0–14*1–14*
Tender joint count (TJC68)2 (0/8)§0 (0/1)§1 (0/3)§8 (5/9)§12 (8/15)§
0–23*0–23*0–23*0–23*7–23*
Patient pain (PP; VAS)28 (7/47)§4 (0/19)§27 (7/36)§47 (34/51)§60 (28/81)§
0–94*0–47*0–81*2–81*13–94*
Patient global assessment (PtGA; VAS)32 (7/63)§7 (5/17)§21 (7/36)§62 (32/67)§75 (54/80)§
0–100*0–70*0–100*5–100*47–100*
C-reactive protein (CRP; mg/dL)0.35 (0.17/0.7)§0.30 (0.17/0.82)§0.37 (0.18/0.60)§0.27 (0.10/0.35)§0.37 (0.35/0.99)§
0.08–5.88*0.08–5.88*0.08–5.88*0.08–5.88*0.17–5.54*
Psoriatic arthritis disease activity score (DAPSA)10.1 (3.8/23.7)§2.7 (1.8/4.2)§9.6 (4.1/12.7)§22.3 (14.7/28.3)§36.5 (28.3/41.4)§
1.0–45.6*1.0–45.6*1.8–36.5*4.1–45.6*21.3–45.6*
Clinical DAPSA (cDAPSA)8.8 (3.4/23.4)§2.3 (1.0/4.0)§6.7 (3.7/12.6)§22.0 (14.6/27.6)§33.3 (27.6/40.4)§
0.7–45.2*0.7–45.2*1.0–36.3*3.7–45.2*20.9–45.2*
  • Column ‘All patients’ specifies group-wise description of 30 patients. In Columns ‘REM’, ‘LDA’, ‘MDA’ and ‘HDA’, we present medians, 25th/75th percentiles (§) and total range (minimum–maximum)* of patients classified to this state by expert rating. Note, that in the REM, LDA, MDA and HDA columns multiple observations of identical patients are included, if expert ratings for a specific patient diverged. VAS (0–100 mm); §median (and 25th/75th percentiles); *total range (minimum–maximum).

  • DAPSA, Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis; HDA, high disease activity; LDA, low disease activity; MDA, moderate disease activity; REM, remission; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.