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June 18, 2024
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2023 EULAR classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis

Publicated to: Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases. ard-225073 - 2024-05-31 (), DOI: 10.1136/ard-2023-225073

Authors:

Haugen IK; Felson DT; Abhishek A; Berenbaum F; Bierma-Zeinstra S; Dziedzic KS; Edwards JJ; Englund M; Hermann-Eriksen M; Herrero-Beaumont G; Hill C; Ishimori ML; Jonsson H; Karjalainen T; Leung YY; Maheu E; Mallen CD; Marshall M; Moe RH; Ramonda R; Ritschl V; Ritt MJ; Stamm TA; Szekanecz Z; van der Giesen F; van de Stadt LA; van der Meulen C; Wittoek R; Greibrokk E; Laheij H; Kloppenburg M
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Amsterdam Rheumatol & Immunol Ctr, Dept Rheumatol, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands - Author
Amsterdam UMC, Locatie AMC, Dept Plast Reconstruct & Hand Surg, Amsterdam, N Holland, Netherlands - Author
Boston Univ, Sch Med, Rheumatol Sect, Boston, MA USA - Author
Cedars Sinai Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Rheumatol, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
Cent Finland Cent Hosp, Dept Surg, Jyvaskyla, Finland - Author
Diakonhjemmet Hosp, Ctr treatment Rheumat & Musculoskeletal Dis REMEDY, Oslo, Norway - Author
Diakonhjemmet Hosp, Div Med Serv, Oslo, Norway - Author
Erasmus MC, Dept Family Practice, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands - Author
Hosp St Antoine, Dept Med Oncol, Paris, Ile De France, France - Author
Inst Invest Sanitaria Fdn Jimenez Diaz, Dept Rheumatol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Keele Univ, Primary Care Ctr Versus Arthrit, Keele, Staffs, England - Author
Leiden Univ, Dept Clin Epidemiol, Med Ctr, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Rheumatol, Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Rheumatol, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands - Author
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesell, Vienna, Austria - Author
LUMC, Rheumatology, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands - Author
Lund Univ, Clin Epidemiol Unit, Orthopaed, Lund, Sweden - Author
Med Univ Vienna, Inst Outcomes Res, Ctr Med Data Sci, Vienna, Austria - Author
Singapore Gen Hosp, Dept Rheumatol & Immunol, Singapore, Singapore - Author
Sorbonne Univ, Dept Rheumatol, Paris, Ile De France, France - Author
Univ Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hosp, Rheumatol Unit, Adelaide, SA, Australia - Author
Univ Debrecen, Dept Rheumatol, Debrecen, Hajdu Bihar, Hungary - Author
Univ Ghent, Rheumatol, Ghent, Belgium - Author
Univ Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland - Author
Univ Nottingham, Acad Rheumatol, Nottingham, England - Author
Univ Padua, Rheumatol Unit, Padua, Veneto, Italy - Author
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Abstract

Objectives The objective of this study is to develop classification criteria for overall hand osteoarthritis (OA), interphalangeal OA and thumb base OA based on self-reported data and radiographic features. Methods The classification criteria sets were developed in three phases. In phase 1, we identified criteria that discriminated hand OA from controls. In phase 2, we used a consensus-based decision analysis approach to derive a clinician-based evaluation of the relative importance of the criteria. In phase 3, we refined the scoring system, determined the cut-offs for disease classification and compared the sensitivity and specificity of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) criteria with the 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria. Results In persons with hand symptoms and no other disease (including psoriasis) or acute injury that can explain the hand symptoms (mandatory criteria), hand OA can be classified based on age, duration of morning stiffness, number of joints with osteophytes and joint space narrowing, and concordance between symptoms and radiographic findings. Using a sum of scores based on each diagnostic element, overall hand OA can be classified if a person achieves 9 or more points on a 0-15 scale. The cut-off for interphalangeal OA and thumb base OA is 8 points. While the EULAR criteria demonstrated better sensitivity than the ACR criteria in the phase 1 data set, the performance of the two criteria sets was similar in two external cohorts. Conclusions International experts developed the EULAR criteria to classify overall hand OA, interphalangeal OA and thumb base OA in clinical studies using a rigorous methodology.
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Keywords

American-collegeDefinitionDiseasEpidemiologyManagementOsteoarthritisPatient reported outcome measurePatient reported outcome measuresPrevalenceProgression

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 2/58, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Rheumatology. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 52.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 51 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 43.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 38 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/751881
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Austria; Belgium; Finland; France; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Netherlands; Norway; Singapore; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States of America.

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Awards linked to the item

The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) funded this project on the development of new classification criteria for hand OA. The EULAR executive committee was not involved in the study design, analyses or interpretation of results. The first author (IKH) and her institution are funded by the Research Council of Norway (project number: 328657) and the Norwegian Health Authority.
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