Table 2 Patient reported outcome measures: FACIT-fatigue (FF), GAD7 (anxiety), Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), PHQ9 (depression), PHQ15 (somatization), Symptom Severity Score (SSS), Widespread Pain Index (WPI)
TJC minus SJC ≥7 (joint count criteria) | TJC minus SJC <7 | P | TP ≥11 (ACR 1990 classification criteria) | TP <11 | P | Fulfil both ACR 1990 and joint count criteria | Do not meet both joint count and ACR criteria | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 26 | n = 21 | n = 19 | n = 28 | n = 17 | n = 30 | ||||
GAD7 | 7.58 | 3.62 | 0.005 | 7.84 | 4.43 | 0.001 | 7.71 | 4.73 | 0.020 |
PHQ9 | 9.27 | 4.52 | 0.017 | 10.89 | 4.61 | 0.000 | 10.59 | 5.20 | 0.027 |
PHQ15 | 10.77 | 6.90 | 0.019 | 11.79 | 7.18 | 0.226 | 11.88 | 7.43 | 0.230 |
HAQ | 1.70 | 1.27 | 0.070 | 1.84 | 1.29 | 0.002 | 1.85 | 1.32 | 0.005 |
FF | 25.85 | 15.81 | 0.461 | 27.47 | 17.21 | 0.332 | 28.29 | 17.43 | 0.725 |
WPI | 7.15 | 4.81 | 0.145 | 9.47 | 4.25 | 0.073 | 9.41 | 4.62 | 0.886 |
SSS | 7.50 | 4.95 | 0.699 | 7.53 | 5.14 | 0.316 | 7.65 | 5.23 | 0.494 |