% correctly judged true or false | |
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A rheumatic disease is especially characterised by pain and stiffness in muscles and joints (t) | 89.5 |
Rheumatic diseases are only seen in older women (f) | 88.5 |
In general, rheumatic patients should rest as much as possible and move as little as possible (f) | 74.6 |
Almost all rheumatic patients will finally end up in a wheelchair (f) | 67.9 |
Medications for osteoarthritis cannot cure the disease, but can relieve pain and stiffness (t) | 67.1 |
Glandular fever is a kind of rheumatic disease (f) | 63.7 |
Rheumatoid arthritis is a rheumatic disease in which the joints are affected with inflammations (t) | 60.4 |
Affected joints of rheumatic patients can be replaced with artificial joints (t) | 56.9 |
Osteoarthritis (“wear and tear”) is the most common kind of rheumatic disease (t) | 46.1 |
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rheumatic disease (f) | 44.8 |
People can die from the consequences of rheumatic disease (t) | 32.9 |
No kinds of rheumatic diseases can be cured (f) | 32.6 |
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by poor diet, and cold and damp weather (f) | 30.0 |
Ankylosing spondylitis is a kind of rheumatic disease (t) | 23.5 |
There are more than 100 different kinds of rheumatic diseases (t) | 22.6 |
About one out of every twenty Dutch people is being treated for a rheumatic disease (t) | 17.1 |
Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disease (t) | 7.5 |
(t), statement is true; (f), statement is false.