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Table 3 Distributions of subscales and total scores

From: The validity of a rheumatoid arthritis medical records-based index of severity compared with the DAS28

 

Possible maximum

Mean (SD)

Observed minimum

Median

Observed maximum

Total RARBIS score

15

4.36 (2.37)

0

4.00

11

Subscale:

     

Clinical

3

1.43 (1.20)

0

1.00

3

Surgery

5

0.57 (1.00)

0

0.00

5

X-ray

4

1.00(1.07)

0

1.00

4

Extra-articular manifestations

1

0.05 (0.22)

0

0.00

1

Laboratory

2

1.31 (0.63)

0

1.00

2

Medication

3

2.00 (1.06)

0

2.00

3

Total score with medication

18

6.36 (2.73)

1

6.00

14

  1. The total RARBIS score excludes the medication subscale and was calculated by summing the clinical, surgery, X-ray, extra-articular manifestation, and laboratory subscales. The observed minimum scores were zero for each subscale and the total RARBIS (without medications). However, when the medication subscale is included in the total score, we did not observe any patients with zero points. SD, standard deviation.