Frequency of importance scores for eight modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ) domains (n=25 in each group)
| Category | Health professionals | Patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Non-arthritic controls | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Dress/groom | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Rise from bed/chair | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Eat and prepare food | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | ||
| Walk/stairs | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Hygiene/toilet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Reach up/down | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Grip | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Activity (general) | 0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Total | 4 | 29 | 59 | 108 | 5 | 20 | 52 | 123 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 164 | ||
| Proportion of group (%) | 2 | 14.5 | 29.5 | 54 | 2.5 | 10 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 82 | ||
0 = not at all important, 1 = a little important, 2 = quite important, 3 = very important.