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Table 2 RAPID3 scores compared to DAS28-ESR across 4 disease categories in 150 patients

From: Evaluating patient reported outcomes in routine practice of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biological disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs (b-DMARDs)

DAS28-ESR

RAPID3 scores

High severity

Moderate severity

Low severity

Near Remission

Total

High activity

20 (91)a

2 (9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

22 (15)

Moderate activity

30 (60)

17 (34)a

3 (6)

0 (0)

50 (33)

Low activity

13 (42)

11 (35)

3 (10)a

4 (13)

31 (21)

Remission

11 (23)

12 (26)

15 (32)

9 (19)a

47 (31)

Total

74 (49)

42 (28)

21 (14)

13 (9)

150

  1. Cohen’s unweighted kappa’s (K) for total, individual observers and RAPID3 method (paper or electronic); Ktotal = 0.13, Kobs1 n=90 = 0.17, Kobs2 n=31 = 0.10
  2. Kobs3 n=29 = 0.11, Kelectr = 0.08, Kpaper = 0.20
  3. aThe agreement boxes for Cohen’s unweighted kappa across 4 categories. All percentages are row percentages, except total in rightmost column (column percentages)