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Table 1 Mean scores for mental and physical health variables across attending patients

From: Usefulness of the SF-36 Health Survey in screening for depressive and anxiety disorders in rheumatoid arthritis

 

Recruited (N = 100)

Not recruited (N = 19)

No clinic data within time-frame (N = 107)

Ineligible (N = 18)

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

Age

55.5 (15.9)

53.8 (16.8)

55.9 (15.4)

66. 4 (14.3)**

Depression (0–6)

2.2 (2.0)

2.4 (2.0)

2.1 (1.7)

2.0 (1.2)

Anxiety (0–6)

2.0 (1.8)

1.8 (1.7)

1.7 (1.8)

2.3 (2.4)

Pain (0–100)

50.5 (25.9)*

58.3 (19.0)

49.2 (26.3)

70.4 (21.3)*

Fatigue (0–100)

54.4 (25.8)

59.9 (16.6)

50.0 (24.0)

67.0 (18.7)

HAQ

1.3 (0.8)*

1.7 (0.6)

1.2 (0.8)

2.2 (0.7)*

DAS28

3.9 (1.7)*

3.4 (1.3)

3.3 (1.6)

4.9 (1.4)*

  1. *p < 0.5, **p < 0.01. Bold text denotes significantly different scores when compared to the recruited group. HAQ health assessment questionnaire. DAS28 28-joint disease assessment schedule