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Table 3 Comparison of educational needs between the RA and PsA cohorts

From: Patient education, disease activity and physical function: can we be more targeted? A cross sectional study among people with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and hand osteoarthritis

Domain (score range)

 

Psoriatic arthritis,

Rheumatoid arthritis,

Difference

 

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

MD (95% CI)

t-test

p-value

Pain

(0 to 24)

14.29 (6.69)

13.40 (6.99)

0.89 (-0.79, 2.58)

1.04

0.30

Movement

(0 to 20)

9.79 (5.67)

11.07 (5.62)

-1.28 (-2.67, 0.11)

-1.81

0.07

Feelings

(0 to 16)

8.68 (4.73)

8.50 (4.90)

0.17 (-1.01, 1.36)

0.29

0.78

Arthritis

(0 to 28)

19.44 (6.89)

20.65 (7.65)

-1.21 (-3.01, 0.59)

-1.32

0.19

Treatments

(0 to 28)

15.90 (7.59)

15.25 (8.79)

0.65 (-1.38, 2.68)

0.63

0.53

Self-help

(0 to 24)

15.76 (5.90)

13.86 (6.82)

0.91 (-0.67, 2.49)

1.14

0.26

Support

(0 to 16)

6.83 (4.40)

7.00 (4.30)

-0.17 (-1.25, 0.90)

-0.32

0.75

Total ENAT score

(0 to 164)

90.69 (32.11)

90.73 (33.6)

-0.04 (-8.18, 8.10)

-0.01

0.99

  1. MD, mean difference (Psoriatic arthritis cohort minus rheumatoid arthritis cohort). P-value ≤0.05 represents significance effects against the null hypothesis on 'no difference’.