Baseline characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and increasing difficulty in performing activities of daily living
| Overall (n=210) | Clinical nurse specialist (n=71) | Inpatient team care (n=71) | Day patient team care (n=68) | p Value overall difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Median and range; **average and standard deviation; †pairwise comparisons show significant differences between clinical nurse specialist patients and both inpatients and day patients (p≤0.05), but no difference between inpatients and day patients (p>0.10); ‡pairwise comparisons show significant differences between clinical nurse specialist patients and inpatients (p≤0.05), but no difference between day patients and both clinical nurse specialist patients and inpatients (p>0.10). | |||||
| Age (years)* | 59 (23–85) | 54 (24–85) | 60 (22–80) | 60 (29–82) | 0.04† |
| Disease duration (years) | 1.8 (0–47) | 2.1 (0–46) | 2.1 (0.1–47) | 1.4 (0–35) | 0.44 |
| Number of women (%) | 158 (75) | 51 (72) | 53 (75) | 54 (79) | 0.55 |
| Number in paid employment (%) | 52 (25) | 24 (34) | 12 (17) | 16 (24) | 0.04‡ |
| RAQoL** | 16.4 (7.0) | 13.8 (7.1) | 17.0 (6.0) | 18.3 (7.3) | 0.001† |
| SF-6D | 0.578 (0.11) | 0.622 (0.11) | 0.561 (0.09) | 0.553 (0.11) | <0.001† |
| TRS | 0.719 (0.17) | 0.759 (0.16) | 0.701 (0.16) | 0.696 (0.19) | 0.05† |
| TTO | 0.708 (0.26) | 0.748 (0.22) | 0.686 (0.27) | 0.690 (0.27) | 0.46 |