Involvement of the multidisciplinary team and outcomes in inpatient rehabilitation among patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease

Table 4 Baseline PROs for low and high use^a of HCP the year before and during hospital stay

Variable	Last year before rehabilitation (n = 317)			During rehabilitation stay (n = 317)
	Low use (<2) (n = 94)	High use (>5) (n = 93)	p- value	Low use (<4) (n = 85)	High use (>6) (n = 84)	P-value
HAQ	1.08 (0.65)	1.42 (0.66)	<0.001	1.20 (0.68)	1.35 (0.68)	0.60
SF36 PCS	32.4 (9.7)	27.6 (10.1)	0.001	30.2 (9.8)	27.7 (10.4)	0.11
SF36 MCS	44.7 (12.1)	45.2 (13.0)	0.79	44.7 (11.7)	43 (13.4)	0.40
Pain	52.3 (25.4)	53.7 (25.4)	0.71	50.1 (26.8)	51.9 (24.0)	0.66
Fatigue	56.2 (28.3)	65.2 (25.2)	0.023	58.9 (26.7)	64.8 (25.6)	0.15
Patient global	49.2 (27.2)	52.6 (23.0)	0.38	50.0 (26.0)	50.5 (23.7)	0.90
SES pain	55.6 (16.2)	54.2 (16.8)	0.57	52.9 (18.8)	53.3 (14.3)	0.90
SES symptoms	60.2 (14.7)	62.6 (13.9)	0.28	59.9 (14.4)	61.2 (14.6)	0.57
RADAI	4.40 (2.08)	4.80 (2.07)	0.20	4.72 (2.26)	4.60 (1.93)	0.72
SF6D	0.61 (0.12)	0.57 (0.10)	0.038	0.60 (0.11)	0.55 (0.10)	0.002

^a Use of health care professionals is grouped in lowest and highest tertile. The intermediate tertile for last year before rehabilitation included 126 patients (missing n = 4), and the tertile for during the rehabilitation stay included 134 patients (missing n = 14)
Values are means with standard variation and p-value from independent samples t-test
PRO Patient reported outcomes, HCP Health Care professionals, HAQ Health Assessment Questionnaire, SF-36 Short Form 36, PCS Physical component summary, MCS mental component summary, SES Self-Efficacy Scales, RADAI Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index

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