Table 3 Balance and performance characteristics of the baseline assessment of the responder sample
From: Balance and prospective falls in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Variables | Responder n = 238 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-Fallers | Fallers | ||||
n | mean (± SD) | n | mean (± SD) | p-value1 | |
Balance and performance assessments | |||||
HAQ (score)a | 190 | 0.37 (0.0–1.12) | 48 | 0.81 (0.41–1.5) | 0.001 |
ABC-scale (%)a | 190 | 91.12 (75.47–97.31) | 48 | 88.75 (76.56–95.70) | 0.32 |
SPPB (score)a | 190 | 11.0 (11.0–12.0) | 48 | 11.0 (10.0–12.0) | 0.645 |
FICSIT-4 (score)a | 190 | 5.0 (0.0) | 48 | 5.0 (4.0–5.0) | 0.030 |
FICSIT-4_dicho (0–4), n, (%) | 190 | 28 (14.7) | 48 | 14 (29.2) | 0.019 |
Romberg_Balance failed, n, (%) | 190 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
Semitandem_Balance failed, n, (%) | 190 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
Tandem_Balance failed, n, (%) | 190 | 18 (9.5) | 48 | 5 (10.4) | 0.843 |
One leg left_Balance failed, n, (%) | 190 | 36 (18.9) | 48 | 16 (33.3) | 0.031 |
One leg right_Balance failed, n, (%) | 190 | 54 (28.4) | 48 | 20 (41.7) | 0.076 |