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Health-related quality of life in gout, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, results from a cross-sectional survey in Western Sweden

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Pages 506-518 | Received 14 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Dec 2022, Published online: 06 Feb 2023

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Table 1. Selection site and demographic characteristics of responders and non-responders according to inflammatory joint disease diagnosis.

Table 2. Characteristics of the survey population (n = 2896), stratified by inflammatory joint disease diagnosis.

Table 3. Characteristics of the survey population, women (n = 1191), stratified by inflammatory joint disease diagnosis.

Table 4. Characteristics of the survey population, men (n = 1705), stratified by inflammatory joint disease diagnosis.

Figure 1. The RAND 36-Item Health Survey scores for inflammatory joint disease diagnoses: (A) overall (n = 2896); (B) in women (n = 1191); and (C) in men (n = 1705). Comparisons across diagnoses are assessed by independent t-tests or analysis of variance (ANOVA). Values are shown as mean (sd) or number of patients. PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; PF, physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health; PCS, physical component summary; MCS, mental component summary.

Figure 1. The RAND 36-Item Health Survey scores for inflammatory joint disease diagnoses: (A) overall (n = 2896); (B) in women (n = 1191); and (C) in men (n = 1705). Comparisons across diagnoses are assessed by independent t-tests or analysis of variance (ANOVA). Values are shown as mean (sd) or number of patients. PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; PF, physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health; PCS, physical component summary; MCS, mental component summary.

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Figure 2. Comparison of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey scores between women (n = 1191) and men (n = 1705), stratified by inflammatory joint disease diagnosis. Comparisons between women and men are assessed by independent samples t-test or chi-squared test. Values are shown as mean (sd) or number of patients (%). PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; NRS, numeric rating scale; HAQ, Health Assessment Questionnaire; PF, physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary.

Figure 2. Comparison of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey scores between women (n = 1191) and men (n = 1705), stratified by inflammatory joint disease diagnosis. Comparisons between women and men are assessed by independent samples t-test or chi-squared test. Values are shown as mean (sd) or number of patients (%). PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; NRS, numeric rating scale; HAQ, Health Assessment Questionnaire; PF, physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary.
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