On the physician-completed and the patient-completed Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI)

On the physician-completed and the patient-completed simple clinical colitis activity index (SCCAI).

We commend Bennebroek Evertsz' et al.1 on their work comparing a version of the physician-completed Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI)2 with a patientcompleted version. We, too, believe this is a way of moving toward patient-centered and patient-initiated care. The 2 scores as used here, however, show deviation from the original Index in both use and redesign. Firstly, we note that ...

The patient simple clinical colitis activity index (P-SCCAI) can detect ulcerative colitis (UC) disease activity in remission: a comparison of the P-SCCAI with clinician-based SCCAI and biological markers.

AIM To develop a patient-based Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (P-SCCAI) of ulcerative colitis (UC) activity and to compare it with the clinician-based SCCAI, C-reactive protein (CRP) and Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) of UC activity. Monitoring UC activity may give patients disease control and prevent unnecessary examinations. METHODS Consecutive UC patients randomly completed th...

A simple clinical colitis activity index.

BACKGROUND The appropriate medical treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis is determined largely by the severity of symptoms. Hospital assessment of the severity of disease activity includes investigation of laboratory indices and sigmoidoscopic assessment of mucosal inflammation. AIMS To develop a simplified clinical colitis activity index to aid in the initial evaluation of exacerbati...

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Activation of Completed, Uncompleted, and Partially Completed Intentions

The intention-superiority effect is the finding that response latencies are faster for items related to an uncompleted intention as compared with materials that have no associated intentionality. T. Goschke and J. Kuhl (1993) used recognition latency for simple action scripts to document this effect. We used a lexical-decision task to replicate that shorter latencies were associated with uncomp...