Patients’ demographics, disease characteristics and fatigue scale scores
| Total number of patients | 135 |
|---|---|
| ACR, American College of Rheumatology; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FACIT fatigue, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue; mFSS, modified Fatigue Severity Scale. | |
| *Joints with tenderness and/or swelling. | |
| †Joints with swelling only. | |
| Men/women | 80/55 |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 52 (13) |
| Mean (SD) disease duration (years) | 17 (10) |
| Mean (SD) actively inflamed joint count (ACR 68/66)* | 4.5 (7) |
| Mean (SD) swollen joint count (ACR 68/66)† | 1.3 (2) |
| Mean (SD) clinically damaged joint count (ACR 68) | 8.7 (12) |
| Mean (SD) Psoriasis Area Severity Index score | 3.5 (5) |
| Patients with fibromyalgia, n (%) | 16 (12) |
| Patients with anaemia, n (%) | 27 (20) |
| Patients with raised ESR, n (%) | 63 (47) |
| Patients with overwhelming fatigue, n (%) | 26 (19) |
| Mean (SD) FACIT fatigue score | 35.8 (12.4) |
| Mean (SD) mFSS score | 4.9 (2.7) |