Non-drug treatments received by patients with RA in inpatient or outpatient care within the previous 12 months; only patients treated by rheumatologists within the previous six months are included (1998; values are percentages)
| Patients with in- or outpatient treatment (n=8001) | Patients with inpatient treatment (n=1635) | Patients with outpatient treatment only (n=5465) | |
| Individual physiotherapy | 44.3 | 61.3 | 36.3 |
| Group physiotherapy | 17.3 | 50.2 | 6.7 |
| Massages | 29.4 | 48.6 | 21.8 |
| Electrotherapy | 18.1 | 31.2 | 13.0 |
| Occupational therapy | 14.8 | 48.9 | 4.6 |
| Patient education | 5.7 | 20.0 | 1.5 |
| Any of these treatments | 66.8 | 86.9 | 59.7 |