Seventeen domains of health ranked for importance by 96 patients with RA
| Domain* | Mean (SD) rank | Median rank | Order of domains by median | Patients giving rank 1–7 to the domain (%) | Patients giving rank 1–3 to the domain (%) |
| Pain | 4.3 (4.2) | 2 | 1 | 78.1 | 59.4 |
| Functional disability | 6.3 (3.9) | 5.5 | 2 | 64.6 | 30.2 |
| Fatigue | 6.7 (4.2) | 6 | 3 | 61.4 | 26.0 |
| Physical well-being | 8.3 (4.9) | 9 | 5 | 44.8 | 24.0 |
| Coping | 8.8 (4.4) | 9 | 5 | 41.7 | 16.7 |
| Sleep | 8.9 (4.8) | 8 | 4 | 45.8 | 13.5 |
| Emotional well-being | 8.9 (4.0) | 9 | 5 | 33.3 | 8.3 |
| Being a burden to others | 9.0 (4.6) | 9.5 | 9 | 40.6 | 15.6 |
| Family life | 9.3 (5.3) | 10 | 11 | 38.5 | 20.8 |
| Satisfaction with health care | 9.5 (5.1) | 9 | 5 | 37.5 | 18.7 |
| Anxiety | 9.5 (4.5) | 9.5 | 9 | 37.5 | 12.5 |
| Ability to fulfil social role | 9.5 (4.6) | 10 | 11 | 35.4 | 11.5 |
| Depression | 10.0 (4.5) | 10 | 11 | 32.3 | 9.4 |
| Drug side effects | 10.1 (4.8) | 11 | 15 | 33.3 | 8.3 |
| Professional life | 10.2 (4.8) | 10 | 11 | 33.3 | 12.5 |
| Sexuality | 11.2 (5.2) | 12 | 16 | 23.9 | 10.4 |
| Socioeconomic issues | 11.5 (4.6) | 13 | 17 | 27.1 | 5.2 |
*Domains are ordered by mean rank.