Scoring system for assessment of ulcerative colitis activity*
| *Referred from Schroeder and colleagues28 and Sutherland and colleagues.29 |
| †Each patient served as his or her own control to establish the degree of abnormality of the stool frequency. |
| ‡The daily bleeding score represented the most severe bleeding of the day. |
| §A score of zero in physician’s global impression meant there were no symptoms of colitis, the score of bowel movements, blood in stool, and endoscopic findings was zero. A score of 1 indicated mild symptoms or endoscopic findings that were mildly abnormal. A score of 2 reflected more serious abnormalities, and endoscopic and symptom scores of 1 to 2. A score of 3 indicated that endoscopic and symptom scores were 2–3. |
| Stool frequency† |
| 0 = Normal number of stools for this patient |
| 1 = 1–2 stools more than normal |
| 2 = 3–4 stools more than normal |
| 3 = 5 or more stools more than normal |
| Rectal bleeding‡ |
| 0 = No blood seen |
| 1 = Streaks of blood with stool less than half the time |
| 2 = Obvious blood with stool most of the time |
| 3 = Blood alone passed |
| Mucosal appearance |
| 0 = Normal or inactive disease |
| 1 = Mild disease (erythema, decreased vascular pattern, mild friability) |
| 2 = Moderate disease (marked erythema, absent vascular pattern, friability, erosions) |
| 3 = Severe disease (spontaneous bleeding, ulceration) |
| Physician’s global assessment§ |
| 0 = Normal |
| 1 = Mild disease |
| 2 = Moderate disease |
| 3 = Severe disease |