Patient and physician perspectives of hand function in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients: the impact of disease activity

Table 1 HF evaluation in controls, patients in remission and patients with disease activity

Variables^a	Controls (N = 69)	Patients in remission (N = 91)	Patients with disease activity (N = 48)
MHQ	98.9 (95.5–100)	92.5 (83.3–97.7)*	65 (54.5–82.4)*
DASH	0 (0–1)	0.8 (0–6.7)	22.5 (5.4–41.5)*
Grip strength^b	22.3 (19.1–26.5)	18.7 (13.7–23)*	10.7 (7.5–15.3)*
Tip pinch^b	4.5 (3.9–5.4)	3.8 (3.2–4.5)*	3 (2.2–3.3)*
Key pinch^b	7.1 (6–8)	6.3 (5.3–7.3)	4.8 (3.7–5.8)*
Palmar pinch^b	6 (4.9–7)	5 (4–6.2)*	3.7 (2.5–4.6)*

MHQ Michigan hand outcome questionnaire, DASH Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand outcome measure
*p ≤ 0.005 vs. controls
^aData are presented as the median (Q₂₅-Q₇₅)
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