Assessment of the
severity of atopic dermatitis (AD) is necessary
to evaluate the disease process. This study
evaluates and validates the TIS in children with
AD presenting in general practice. Independent
investigators determined the severity of AD
using the TIS and the objective SCORAD. The
interobserver agreement for the TIS and SCORAD
was calculated, as was the correlation between
TIS and SCORAD. The mean time to assess the TIS
was less than one minute. A moderate-to-good
agreement between the observers was found for
the TIS (κ = 0.604 or 0.464), or SCORAD (κ = 0.695 or 0.700). There was an excellent correlation between TIS and SCORAD (rs = 0.755–0.839). In conclusion, the TIS is an easy and fast method to
score AD. Because of the moderate to good interobserver agreement
and the high correlation with the SCORAD, we recommend the TIS to
determine the severity of AD in general practice