Table 5 Impact of RA on sexual activity by age group
From: Rheumatoid arthritis and sexuality: A patient survey in France
Patients | Patients 50-60 | Patients 60-70 | Controls | Controls 50-60 | Controls 60-70 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | |||||||
Active | Not active | Active | Not active | Active | Not active | Active | Not active | Active | Not active | Active | Not active | |
N | 712 (62%) | 425 | 226 (78%) | 63 | 240 (60%) | 163 | 48 (69%) | 22 | 15 (75%) | 5 | 15 (71%) | 6 |
Age | 59.1 | 67.9* | 55.5 | 56.6 | 64.5 | 65.1 | 57.7 | 66.2* | 53.1 | 54.8 | 63.7 | 63.2 |
HAQ | 1.0 | 1.5* | 1.0 | 1.30* | 1.00 | 1.5* | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Disease Activity | 4.3 | 5.0* | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.0* | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pain | 4.3 | 5.1* | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0* | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Global health | 4.2 | 4.7* | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.2* | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 6.0* |
Fatigue | 5.3 | 6.0* | 5.3 | 5.9* | 4.8 | 6.0* | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 6.5* |
Mood | 3.9 | 4.6* | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.7* | 3.6 | 4.7* | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 7.0* |
Utility | 0.61 | 0.49* | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.52* | 0.74 | 0.45* | 0.75 | 0.38 | 0.80 | 0.51* |
Sexual satisfaction | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||||||||||