TY - JOUR
T1 - Revised Japanese criteria for Sjögren's syndrome (1999)
T2 - Availability and validity
AU - Fujibayashi, Takashi
AU - Sugai, Susumu
AU - Miyasaka, Nobuyuki
AU - Hayashi, Yoshio
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
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Abstract The Japanese criteria for diagnosing Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) were revised in 1999, and consist of four major areas: histopathology, oral examination, ocular examination, and serological examination. A diagnosis of SS can be made when the patient meets at least two of these four criteria. This report describes how the revised Japanese criteria were established. After the publication of the revised Japanese criteria (1999), a research study which focused on evaluating its availability and validity was carried out in 2001 using funds from Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The availability of the revised criteria was investigated by a questionnaire study through the Japanese Medical Society for Sjögren’s Syndrome, and the use of the revised criteria for diagnosing SS in these medical facilities was found to be 76%. To evaluate the validity of the revised criteria, the records of 900 patients, including SS
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After issuing the revised criteria, we planned to assess their availability and validity. This assessment was performed in 2001 using funds from Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This article gives a brief history of how the revised criteria were achieved, and the results of the investigative assessment into their availability and validity.
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Acknowledgments The authors thank Drs. Takeshi Tojo, Shoji Miyawaki, and Yukinobu Ichikawa, board members of the Japanese Medical Society for Sjögren’s Syndrome, for their cooperation before the revision. The authors also acknowledge funding from Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to support the assessment investigation of this work with Grant No. 13897017.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - The Japanese criteria for diagnosing Sjögren's syndrome (SS) were revised in 1999, and consist of four major areas: histopathology, oral examination, ocular examination, and serological examination. A diagnosis of SS can be made when the patient meets at least two of these four criteria. This report describes how the revised Japanese criteria were established. After the publication of the revised Japanese criteria (1999), a research study which focused on evaluating its availability and validity was carried out in 2001 using funds from Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The availability of the revised criteria was investigated by a questionnaire study through the Japanese Medical Society for Sjögren's Syndrome, and the use of the revised criteria for diagnosing SS in these medical facilities was found to be 76%. To evaluate the validity of the revised criteria, the records of 900 patients, including SS patients and non-SS controls, from 54 clinical centers were registered and analyzed to calculate the accuracy of the criteria. The revised Japanese criteria were found to have 96.0% sensitivity, 90.5% specificity, and 94.5% accuracy for diagnosing SS.
AB - The Japanese criteria for diagnosing Sjögren's syndrome (SS) were revised in 1999, and consist of four major areas: histopathology, oral examination, ocular examination, and serological examination. A diagnosis of SS can be made when the patient meets at least two of these four criteria. This report describes how the revised Japanese criteria were established. After the publication of the revised Japanese criteria (1999), a research study which focused on evaluating its availability and validity was carried out in 2001 using funds from Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The availability of the revised criteria was investigated by a questionnaire study through the Japanese Medical Society for Sjögren's Syndrome, and the use of the revised criteria for diagnosing SS in these medical facilities was found to be 76%. To evaluate the validity of the revised criteria, the records of 900 patients, including SS patients and non-SS controls, from 54 clinical centers were registered and analyzed to calculate the accuracy of the criteria. The revised Japanese criteria were found to have 96.0% sensitivity, 90.5% specificity, and 94.5% accuracy for diagnosing SS.
KW - Diagnostic criteria
KW - Revised Japanese criteria
KW - Sensitivity
KW - Sjögren's syndrome (SS)
KW - Specificity
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U2 - 10.1007/s10165-004-0338-x
DO - 10.1007/s10165-004-0338-x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:11144280128
SN - 1439-7595
VL - 14
SP - 425
EP - 434
JO - Modern rheumatology
JF - Modern rheumatology
IS - 6
ER -