Willemsen Marjolein G, van Valburg Rosalinda W C, Dirven-Meijer Pauline C, Oranje Arnold P, van der Wouden Johannes C, Moed Heleen
Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Dermatol Res Pract. 2009;2009:357046. doi: 10.1155/2009/357046. Epub 2009 Nov 18.
Assessment of the severity of atopic dermatitis (AD) is necessary to evaluate the disease process. This study evaluates and validates the TIS in children with AD presenting in general practice. Independent investigators determined the severity of AD using the TIS and the objective SCORAD. The interobserver agreement for the TIS and SCORAD was calculated, as was the correlation between TIS and SCORAD. The mean time to assess the TIS was less than one minute. A moderate-to-good agreement between the observers was found for the TIS (kappa = 0.604 or 0.464), or SCORAD (kappa = 0.695 or 0.700). There was an excellent correlation between TIS and SCORAD (r(s) = 0.755-0.839). In conclusion, the TIS is an easy and fast method to score AD. Because of the moderate to good interobserver agreement and the high correlation with the SCORAD, we recommend the TIS to determine the severity of AD in general practice.
评估特应性皮炎(AD)的严重程度对于评估疾病进程很有必要。本研究对在全科医疗中就诊的AD患儿的总体疾病严重程度(TIS)进行评估并验证。独立研究人员使用TIS和客观SCORAD来确定AD的严重程度。计算了TIS和SCORAD的观察者间一致性,以及TIS和SCORAD之间的相关性。评估TIS的平均时间不到一分钟。观察者之间对TIS(kappa = 0.604或0.464)或SCORAD(kappa = 0.695或0.700)的一致性为中等至良好。TIS和SCORAD之间存在极好的相关性(r(s) = 0.755 - 0.839)。总之,TIS是一种简单快速的AD评分方法。由于观察者间一致性中等至良好,且与SCORAD高度相关,我们建议在全科医疗中使用TIS来确定AD的严重程度。