| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) |
| First Description |
Bombardier C, Gladman DD, Urowitz MB, Caron D, Chang CH. Derivation of the |
| Year | 1992 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Disease activity |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
--- |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Bombardier C, Gladman DD, Urowitz MB, Caron D, Chang CH. |
| Title | Derivation of the SLEDAI. A disease activity index for lupus patients. The Committee on Prognosis Studies in SLE. |
| Journal | Arthritis Rheum |
| Year | 1992 |
| Vol | 35 |
| Num | 6 |
| Pages | 630-40 |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| No other References. | |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| No other References. | |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | --- |
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| Address | --- |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Composite Index |
| Brief Description |
Not properly a PRO, the SLEDAI is a validated model of experienced clinicians' global assessments of disease activity in lupus, with the format of a checklist and sum of weights. |
| Number of Items | 24 |
| Range | 0-105 |
| Responses options/scale |
No |
| Developed for | Both |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Physician |
| Recommendations to score |
Each item has a weight. The score is the sum of the individual weights of items present in the patient. |
| Score Interpretation | The higher the score, the higher the activity of the disease. |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 0 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Easy to use, Widely used |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |