Table 4

 Valued life activity summary scores

Disability scoresAll activities (26 items)Obligatory (5 items)Committed (8 items)Discretionary (13 items)
*Unable to do.
†Affected by rheumatoid arthritis—that is, either difficulty or unable to do.
‡Mean (SD).
VLA, valued life activity.
Unable*
    Unable to perform at least one VLA49.1%1.6%31.3%40.2%
    Mean (SD) number of activities1.65 (2.75)0.03 (0.25)0.63 (1.22)0.99 (1.67)
    Proportion of activities queried6.3%0.6%7.9%7.6%
Affected†
    At least one VLA affected94.9%68.4%91.4%92.5%
    Mean (SD) number of activities12.01 (7.40)2.01 (1.87)4.03 (2.38)5.98 (3.77)
    Proportion of activities queried46.2%40.1%50.4%46.0%
Difficulty‡0.76 (0.57)0.46 (0.49)0.93 (0.71)0.79 (0.60)