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Table 7 Description of sensitivity, specificity and area under the curve (AUC) of the main PsA screening questionnaires

From: Brazilian Society of Rheumatology 2020 guidelines for psoriatic arthritis

Authors

Questionnaires evaluated

Number of participants

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC

Coates et al., 2018 [31]

CONTEST/

PEST

159

PEST 0.72

CONTEST 0.65

PEST 0.60

CONTEST 0.53

PEST 0.76

CONTEST 0.71

Coates et al., 2016 [20]

CONTEST/CONTESTjt X PEST

191

CONTEST 0.76

CONTESTjt 0.76

PEST 0.65

CONTEST 0.56

CONTESTjt 0.53

PEST 0.53

CONTEST 0.69

CONTESTjt 0.70

PEST 0.60

Duruoz et al., 2018 [32]

TOPAS II X CASPAR

150

TOPAS II 0.95

TOPAS II 0.98

TOPAS II 0.99

You et al., 2015 [27]

PASE X Rheumatologist (based on CASPAR and Moll and Wright)

148

PASE 0.77

PASE 0.82

PASE 0.79

Karreman et al., 2017 [28]

PEST X PASE X EARP X CASPAR

420

PEST 0.68

PASE 0.59

EARP 0.87

PEST 0.71

PASE 0.66

EARP 0.34

PEST 0.71

PASE 0.64

EARP0.68

Audureau et al., 2018 [24]

PURE-4 X CASPAR

168

PURE-4 0.85

PURE-4 0.83

PURE-4 0.87

Salaffi et al., 2018 [25]

SiPAS X CASPAR

202

SiPAS 0.79

SiPAS 0.87

SiPAS 0.60

Iragorri et al., 2019 [31]

PASE X TOPAS X PEST X EARP

15,208

PASE 0.66

ToPAS 0.74

PEST 0.66

EARP 0.85

PASE 0.82

ToPAS 0.79

PEST 0.83

EARP 0.78

PASE 0.68

ToPAS 0.65

PEST 0.85

EARP 0.85

  1. CASPAR = Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis; CONTEST = Comparison of 3 screening tools to detect psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis; CONTESTjt = CONTEST with the addition of a joint manikin; EARP = Early Psoriatic Arthritis Screening Questionnaire; PASE = Psoriatic Arthritis Screening Evaluation; PAQ = Psoriasis and Arthritis Questionnaire; PASQ = Psoriasis and Arthritis Screening Questionnaire; PEST = Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool; PURE-4 = Psoriatic arthritis UnclutteRed screening Evaluation; SiPAS = Simple Psoriatic Arthritis Screening; TOPAS = Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Screen