Patient assessment | Rheumatologist intervention groups | |||
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ST (n = 782) | EX (n = 735) | ST+EX (n = 680) | UC (n = 760) | |
Results are mean (SD), with SD corrected with the inflation coefficient is the mean size of the cluster (3.4) and ρ is the intra-class correlation coefficient equalling 0.108 for pain, 0.125 for WOMAC, and 0.121 for global assessment. | ||||
ST, standardised tools; EX, exercise; UC, usual care; VAS, visual analogue scale. | ||||
Pain (100 mm VAS) | −17.6 (27.2) | −19.7 (28.7) | −14.5 (26.5) | −19.1 (28.8) |
WOMAC function subscale (0–100) | −10.8 (19.0) | −12.4 (19.2) | −10.1 (19.0) | −11.1 (20.2) |
Global assessment of disease status (100 mm VAS) | −16.5 (30.3) | −19.0 (30.3) | −14.5 (29.1) | −18.0 (30.9) |