Changes in pain visual analogue scale (VAS) and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) over one year. A comparison between those who did and did not report an arthritis related decline in health over the same year
| Patient reported, arthritis related decline in health | Pain VAS Median (lower quartile, upper quartile) | HAQ Median (lower quartile, upper quartile) |
| Yes (n=76) | +0.80 (−0.20, +2.6) | 0.00 (−0.12, +0.25) |
| No (n=131) | 0.00 (−1.90, +0.93) | 0.00 (−0.12, +0.13) |
| Two tail significance for Mann-Whitney test after Bonferroni correction | 0.000 | 0.262 |