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AB0729 Correlative analysis of handy rheumatoid activity score, with 38 joints (hras38) and musculoskeletal ultrasound for rheumatoid arthritis.

Background The disease activity score 28 (DAS28), clinical disease activity index (CDAI) and simplified disease activity index (SDAI) are all used in the clinical assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A consensus concerning the appropriate assessment method of swollen joints has yet to be reached and standardized grading criteria are yet to be created. Objectives For our study we selected HRAS38 due to the recent attention it has gathered and performed a correlative analysis between HRAS38 <1> assessment and musculoskeletal ultrasound by semi-quantitative grading assessment (MSKUS) for the purpose of evaluation. Methods One hundred and eighty patients who satisfied either the 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) or 2010 ACR/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) criteria were enrolled in this study (mean age: 62.8±14.4 years, mean DAS28-C-reactive protein (CRP): 3.06±1.43, female: 123 cases, male: 57 cases, respectively). Ten joints of the left hand (metacarpophalangeal [MCP] 1-5 joints and proximal interphalangeal [PIP] 1-5 joints) were validated both with HRAS38 and MSKUS semi-quantitative grading. The 38 joints included in the evaluation were 26 joints of DAS28 except for bilateral shoulder joints, as well as 10 metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints and the bilateral ankle joints. Each joint was scored as follows: 0 = none; 1 = mild (not convincing by observation and confirmed by palpation); 2 = moderate (convincing by observation, but not tense); 3 = severe (tense). The MSKUS estimation was divided into gray scale (GS) (grade 0-3) and power Doppler examination (PD) (grade 0-3). The agreement between HRAS38 and MSKUS (GS and PD) was calculated using Cohen’s Kappa values. Results The median Kappa Value for GS examination was 0.221 and for PD examination was 0.268, respectively. Fairagreement was observed for GS of the PIP4 (Kappa =0.505) and PD of the MCP3 (Kappa=0.420), respectively. For the total patients who scored 0 for HRA38, indicating no swollen joints, positive GS was observed in 35% of patients (387 joints/1107 joints) and PD was observed in 15.9% of patients (205 joints/1289 joints). Conclusions According to our correlative analysis, agreement was fair between HRAS38 and MSKUS. Furthermore, analysis suggested that MSKUS is more significant in the assessment of RA, with swollen joints which were not revealed according to HRAS38 being revealed as active synovitis by MSKUS. The authors recommend that MSKUS is used as the principal method of RA assessment. References Mod Rheumatol (2006) 16:381–388 Disclosure of Interest None Declared