Baseline characteristics
| All | Rheum. | Shared care | Nursing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n=287 | n=97 | n=96 | n=94 | |
| Female/Male | 200/87 | 64/33 | 71/25 | 65/29 | |
| Age (year) | 63(54–69) | 61(55–69) | 63(56–69) | 63(53–70) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single/Cohabitant | 62/224 | 21/75 | 18/78 | 23/71 | |
| School | |||||
| (<11 year) | 232 | 80 | 78 | 74 | |
| (≥11 year) | 55 | 17 | 18 | 20 | |
| Post-high school educational level | |||||
| None | 70 | 20 | 28 | 22 | |
| Vocational | 119 | 45 | 31 | 43 | |
| College degree | 98 | 32 | 37 | 29 | |
| Disease duration (year) | 7(4–13) | 7(4–13) | 8(4–16) | 7(4–13) | |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| None | 93 | 28 | 29 | 36 | |
| One | 111 | 35 | 36 | 40 | |
| Two or more | 83 | 34 | 31 | 18 | |
| IgM rheuma-factor ± | 209/78 | 67/30 | 71/25 | 71/23 | |
| Anti-CCP ± | 161/63 | 53/25 | 53/20 | 55/18 | |
| Erosions (hands or feet) | 165/278 | 51/92 | 56/96 | 58/90 | |
Note: Characteristics reported in numbers for all participants and split by study group. Disease duration is reported in median years and IQR. ‘School’ reflects years of schooling from 0-high school level whereas ‘Post-high school educational level’ reflects third level education. ‘Comorbidities’ reflects the reported number of 17 other chronic diseases. ‘Erosions’ reflects the number of patients with erosions identified from x-rays of hands and feet at baseline. Anti-CCP, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody.