Behcet's Disease Current Activity Form as a Patient's Derived Measure.
- Author:
Hyo Jin CHOI
1
;
Mi Ryoung SEO
;
Hee Jung RYU
;
Han Joo BAEK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Behcet's Disease Current Activity Form; Self-report measure; Reliability
- MeSH: Arthralgia; Arthritis; Diarrhea; Erythema; Female; Headache; Humans; Male; Nervous System; Postal Service; Quality of Life; Rectum; Rheumatology; Skin; Ulcer
- From:Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 2016;23(1):19-22
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: OBJECTIVE: This study measured the reliability of the Behcet's Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF) questionnaire used as a patient self-report form. METHODS: A study was conducted among 63 patients with Behcet's disease who attended our rheumatology clinic. First, a physician administered a BDCAF questionnaire. Second, the patient completed a self-administered questionnaire at home within 24 hours of the visit. The test-retest reliability was analyzed using kappa tests. Kappa scores of >0.6 indicated good agreement. The BDCAF score was compared with the patient's/clinician's perception of disease activity and the Korean version of Behcet's Disease Quality of Life (BDQOL). RESULTS: The study included 17 males and 46 females. The mean age of participants was 47.7 years and the mean disease duration was 5.3 years at the first assessment. Fifty-three patients (84.1%) returned the questionnaires to us by mail. For test-retest reliability, good agreement was achieved with the items including headache, oral/genital ulceration, erythema, arthritis, and diarrhea with altered/frank blood per rectum; moderate agreement with skin pustules, arthralgia, and eye involvement; fair agreement with nausea/vomiting/abdominal pain, nervous system, and major vessel involvement. Significant associations were observed between BDCAF scores with the patient's/clinician's perception of disease activity and BDQOL (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The BDCAF appears useful as a patient self-report instrument for assessment of disease status.
