Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. XI. Sources of discrepancy in perception of disease activity: a comparison of physician and patient visual analog scale scores.

Objective: To compare patient's and physician's assessment of disease activity in a multiethnic (Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian) cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.

Methods: Three hundred patients with SLE from the LUMINA (Lupus in Minority populations: Nature versus nurture) cohort were included. Disease activity was assessed with the Systemic Lupus Activity Measure (SLAM); patients and physicians assessed disease activity using a 10-cm anchored visual analog scale (VAS).

Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. X. Measuring cognitive impairment with the cognitive symptoms inventory.

Objective: To determine the factor structure of the Cognitive Symptoms Inventory (CSI) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) participating in a multiethnic longitudinal study of outcome, the Lupus in Minority populations, Nature versus nurture (LUMINA) study.

Methods: LUMINA patients of Hispanic (n = 48), African American (n = 64), and Caucasian (n = 44) ethnicity who had a study visit (enrollment or followup) between January 1 and September 30, 2000 were included. Patients completed the CSI, a 21-item self-report measure of cognitive function.