Table 2.

Results of the second email survey about the MCII and PASS sent to OMERACT 8 special interest group members.

1) The wording of the external anchor
1) Should the external anchor be symptom specific (i.e. addressing improvement in a particular symptom) or general?
	Symptom specific				42%
	General				50%
	Both				8%
	Don’t know				0%
If you answered ‘symptom specific’, which one do you prefer?
Examples for the MCII (same issue for the PASS)
“Has there been a change in your level of functional impairment since you started the study?”					61%
“Think only about the difficulty you had in doing daily physical activities due to your (name of rheumatic disease) during the last 48 hours. Compared to when you started the study, how has the level of difficulty been during the last 48 hours?”					39%
If you answered ‘general, which one do you prefer?
Examples for the MCII (same issue for the PASS)
“Taking into account all the ways your (name of rheumatic disease) is affecting you, your level of pain and your functional impairment, how would you rate your response to the medication you have received for your arthritis for 4 weeks ?”					38%
“Think about all the ways your (name of rheumatic disease) has affected you during the last 48 hours. Compared to when you started the study, how have you been during the last 48 hours?”					62%
2) What should be the time frame in the external question to estimate the PASS?
no time frame: “Taking into account all you have to do during your daily life, your level of pain, and your functional impairment, do you consider that your current state is satisfactory?”					43%
“Think about all the ways your (name of rheumatic disease) has affected you during the last 48 hours. If you were to remain in the next few months as you were during the last 48 hours, would this be acceptable or unacceptable to you?”					43%
“Think about all the ways your (name of rheumatic disease) has affected you during the last 48 hours. If you were to remain for the rest of your life as you were during the last 48 hours, would this be acceptable or unacceptable to you?”					9%
3/35 (8.6%)
Others					6%
3) Do you agree that we have enough data to propose the endorsement of estimates of MCII and PASS for the 3 generic criteria (pain, patient global assessment of disease activity and one-item global function)?
		YES			40%
		NO			29%
		Don’t know			31%
4) If yes, what is the best proposal for these different criteria?
MCII (abs*) for Pain		MCII (rel**) for Pain		PASS for Pain
−10	7%	−10%	0%	20	7%
−15	27%	−15%	7%	30	33%
−20	53%	−20%	40%	35	13%
−30	7%	−30%	33%	40	40%
−40	7%	−50%	20%	50	7%
MCII (abs*) for Patient global assessement		MCII (rel**) for Patient global assessement		PASS for Patient global assessement
−10	7%	−10%	0%	20	19%
−15	20%	−15%	0%	30	13%
−20	60%	−20%	40%	35	19%
−30	7%	−30%	29%	40	44%
−40	7%	−50%	29%	50	6%
MCII (abs*) for function		MCII (rel**) for function		PASS for function
−10	27%	−10%	0%	20	13%
−15	33%	−15%	23%	30	13%
−20	27%	−20%	54%	35	25%
−30	7%	−30%	15%	40	44%
−40	7%	−50%	8%	50	6%