NP patients | Persistent patients | p | |
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N = 99 | N = 50 | ||
(Mean ± SD) years of formal education | 11.4 ± 3.8 | 10 ± 3.9 | 0.03 |
(Mean ± SD) months of follow-up | 62.7 ± 26.4 | 50.1 ± 29.5 | 0.009 |
N° (%) of patients with ACCP when entering the Clinic | 83 (84) | 34 (68) | 0.04 |
(Mean ± SD) cumulative DAS28 | 3.1 ± 1.8 | 2.2 ± 1.1 | 0.001 |
(Mean ± SD) cumulative HAQ | 0.4 ± 0.4 | 0.3 ± 0.3 | 0.03 |
N° (%) of patients who selected responses “Slightly, Moderately, Quite a bit or Extremely” to the question (Number 8), | 57 (57) | 20 (39.5) | 0.000 |
“In the past six months, how much difficulty did you had to find your arthritis medication at the drugstore?” | |||
N° (%) of patients who selected responses “Slightly, Moderately, Quite a bit or Extremely” to the question (Number 9), | 92 (93) | 42 (80) | 0.002 |
In the past 6 months, how much expensive did you consider was you arthritis medication |