Clinical practice variation and need for pediatric-specific treatment guidelines among rheumatologists caring for children with ANCA-associated vasculitis: an international clinician survey

Table 3 Use of formal disease severity, activity, and damage scoring tools by survey respondents in the assessment of children with GPA or MPA^a

Parameter	Scoring tool	Respondents (%)
Severity^b	PVAS [12]	41
	BVAS [11]	20
	BVAS for WG [13]	19
	EUVAS Severity Score [41]	11
	Five Factor Score [42]	8
	WGET Severity Score [43]	7
	Disease Extent Index [44]	1
	Other	1
	Never formally assess	41
Activity^c	PVAS [12]	38
	Physician’s Global Assessment	29
	BVAS [11]	19
	BVAS for WG [13]	13
	BVAS version 3 [39]	6
	Other tool	0
	Never formally assess	37
Damage^c	Pediatric VDI [15]	31
	VDI [14]	10
	AAV Index of Damage [45]	3
	Combined Damage Assessment Index [46]	1
	Other	0
	Never formally assess	64

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