Objective The goal was to assess the diagnostic performance of three novel autoantibodies (NA) for Sjögren disease (SjD) by comparing NA prevalence in patients with SjD, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (CS), and controls.
Chadwick R. Johr +5 more
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Objective The purpose was to evaluate a biomarker score consisting of MUC5B rs35705950 promoter variant, plasma matrix metalloproteinase‐7 (MMP‐7), and serum anti–malondialdehyde‐acetaldehyde (anti‐MAA) antibody for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)–associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) risk stratification.
Kelsey Coziahr +16 more
wiley +1 more source
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth With Childhood‐Onset Lupus: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Objective Our objective was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the Treatment and Education Approach for Childhood‐Onset Lupus (TEACH), a six‐session cognitive behavioral intervention addressing depressive, fatigue, and pain symptoms, delivered remotely to individual youth with lupus by a trained interventionist.
Natoshia R. Cunningham +29 more
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Discrimination index of microcytic anemia in young soldiers: a single institutional analysis. [PDF]
Huang TC +7 more
europepmc +1 more source
Item difficulty index, discrimination index, and reliability of the 26 health professions licensing examinations in 2024, Korea: a psychometric study. [PDF]
Kim YH, Kim BH, Kim J, Jung B, Bae S.
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Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Psychometric evaluation of the Intersectional Discrimination Index for use in Brazil. [PDF]
Pereira NP, Lisboa CSM, Bastos JL.
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Trajectories of Physical Function in Canadian Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Objectives We describe trajectories of physical function in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and identify trajectories with persisting functional impairments and associated baseline characteristics. Methods We included patients enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry ...
Clare Cunningham +14 more
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Item difficulty index, discrimination index, and reliability of the 26 health professions licensing examinations in 2023, Korea: a psychometric study. [PDF]
Kim YH, Kim BH, Kim J, Jung B, Bae S.
europepmc +1 more source
Net Reclassification Index and Integrated Discrimination Index Are Not Appropriate for Testing Whether a Biomarker Improves Predictive Performance. [PDF]
Burch PM +5 more
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