EULAR Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Disease Activity (ESSDAI): Constitutional Subscore

Description

EULAR developed a disease activity index for primary Sjogren's syndrome called the ESSDAI. This consists of 12 subscores measuring various components of disease activity. The authors are from the European League Against Rheumatism Sjogren's Task Force.

Patient selection: primary Sjogren's syndrome

Exclude: fever of infectious origin

Parameters for constitutional subscore:

(1) fever in °C and night sweats

(2) involuntary weight loss in percent

involuntary weight loss in percent =

= (involuntary weight loss) / (baseline weight) * 100%

Parameter	Finding	Points
fever and night sweats	none	0
	mild (37.5 to 38.5°C) or intermittent	1
	> 38.5°C	2
involuntary weight loss	less than 5% of baseline body weight	0
	5 to 10%	1
	> 10%	2

subscore weighting: 3

subscore for constitutional symptoms =

= MAX(points for the 2 parameters) * (weighting)

Interpretation:

• minimum subscore: 0

• maximum subscore: 6

Subscore	Disease Activity
0	no
3	low
6	moderate

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EULAR Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Disease Activity (ESSDAI): Constitutional Subscore

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