Background: Clinician-assessed Expanded Disease Status Scale (EDSS) is gold standard in clinical investigations but normally unavailable in population-based, patient-centred MS-studies. Our objective was to develop a self-reported gait measure reflecting EDSS-categories. Methods: We developed the self-reported disability status scale (SRDSS) with three categories (≤3.5, 4–6.5, ≥7) based on three mobility-related questions. The SRDSS was determined for 173 persons with MS and validated against clinical EDSS to calculate sensitivity and specificity. Results: Accuracy was 88.4% (153 correctly classified) and weighted kappa 0.73 (0.62–0.84). Sensitivity/specificity-pairs were 94.5%/77.8%, 69.0%/94.7% and 100%/98.2% for SRDSS ≤3.5, 4–6.5 and ≥7, respectively. Conclusions: Self-reported SRDSS approximates EDSS-categories well and fosters comparability between clinical and population-based studies.

Development and validation of the self-reported disability status scale (SRDSS) to estimate EDSS-categories / Kaufmann, Marco; Salmen, Anke; Barin, Laura; Puhan, Milo Alan; Calabrese, Pasquale; Kamm, Christian Philipp; Gobbi, Claudio; Kuhle, Jens; Manjaly, Zina-Mary; Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta; Schafroth, Sandra; Bottignole, Britta; Ammann, Sabin; Zecca, Chiara; D'Souza, Marcus; Von Wyl, Viktor. - In: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS. - ISSN 2211-0348. - 42:(2020), pp. 1021481-1021484. [10.1016/j.msard.2020.102148]

Development and validation of the self-reported disability status scale (SRDSS) to estimate EDSS-categories

Barin, Laura;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Background: Clinician-assessed Expanded Disease Status Scale (EDSS) is gold standard in clinical investigations but normally unavailable in population-based, patient-centred MS-studies. Our objective was to develop a self-reported gait measure reflecting EDSS-categories. Methods: We developed the self-reported disability status scale (SRDSS) with three categories (≤3.5, 4–6.5, ≥7) based on three mobility-related questions. The SRDSS was determined for 173 persons with MS and validated against clinical EDSS to calculate sensitivity and specificity. Results: Accuracy was 88.4% (153 correctly classified) and weighted kappa 0.73 (0.62–0.84). Sensitivity/specificity-pairs were 94.5%/77.8%, 69.0%/94.7% and 100%/98.2% for SRDSS ≤3.5, 4–6.5 and ≥7, respectively. Conclusions: Self-reported SRDSS approximates EDSS-categories well and fosters comparability between clinical and population-based studies.
2020
Kaufmann, Marco; Salmen, Anke; Barin, Laura; Puhan, Milo Alan; Calabrese, Pasquale; Kamm, Christian Philipp; Gobbi, Claudio; Kuhle, Jens; Manjaly, Zin...espandi
Development and validation of the self-reported disability status scale (SRDSS) to estimate EDSS-categories / Kaufmann, Marco; Salmen, Anke; Barin, Laura; Puhan, Milo Alan; Calabrese, Pasquale; Kamm, Christian Philipp; Gobbi, Claudio; Kuhle, Jens; Manjaly, Zina-Mary; Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta; Schafroth, Sandra; Bottignole, Britta; Ammann, Sabin; Zecca, Chiara; D'Souza, Marcus; Von Wyl, Viktor. - In: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS. - ISSN 2211-0348. - 42:(2020), pp. 1021481-1021484. [10.1016/j.msard.2020.102148]
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