Table 1. Socio-demographic and rheumatic characteristics of participants.

ID	Age	Gender	Employment	Relationship status	Co-habitants (n)	Disease duration (months)	Rheumatic symptoms and locations
Pt. 1	56	Female	Employed	Married	4	71	Arthralgia in ankles
Pt. 2	45	Female	Employed	Unknown	Unknown	73	Arthralgia in shoulder, wrists and ankles, and joint weakness in wrists and ankles
Pt. 3	55	Female	Employed	Single	3	70	Arthralgia in knees and joint swelling in knees and ankles
Pt. 4	57	Male	Employed	In a relationship	5	69	Joint cramps in hands and feet
Pt. 5	50	Female	Employed	In a relationship	2	70	Joint stiffness in ankles
Pt. 6	66	Female	Retired	Married	8	73	Arthralgia and joint stiffness in knees
Pt. 7	54	Female	Employed	In a relationship	4	70	Arthralgia in hands, fingers, hips, knees, and ankles
Pt. 8	60	Male	Employed	Married	2	73	Arthralgia, joint swelling and stiffness in the fingers
Pt. 9	44	Female	Employed	In a relationship	2	71	Arthralgia in the back and fingers, and joint weakness in wrists and hands
Pt. 10	77	Female	Retired	Single	1	70	Arthralgia in shoulder, knee and toe, joint stiffness in knee, and joint swelling in ankle
Pt. 11	35	Female	Unemployed	Single	3	74	Arthralgia in the wrists, hands, and knee
Pt. 12	48	Female	Employed	In a relationship	4	70	Arthralgia and joint weakness in wrists and hands, and joint stiffness in knees
Pt. 13	56	Female	Employed	Unknown	5	72	Arthralgia and joint stiffness in the lower back and ankles
Pt. 14	65	Female	Retired	Single	2	71	Joint weakness in wrist and finger
Pt. 15	48	Female	Unemployed	Divorced	3	72	Arthralgia in elbow, wrist and knee, and joint weakness in wrist and knee
Pt. 16	32	Female	Employed	Married	2	72	Arthralgia and joint stiffness in the lower back and knee
Pt. 17	56	Female	Employed	Single	1	72	Arthralgia in wrists, fingers, knees and ankles, joint locking of wrists, fingers and ankles, joint cramps in fingers, and joint swelling of ankles
Pt. 18	58	Male	Employed	In a relationship	2	73	Myalgia in thigh and hamstring
Pt. 19	49	Female	Employed	In a relationship	2	70	Arthralgia and joint weakness in wrists and ankles
Pt. 20	62	Female	Employed	Single	1	73	Arthralgia and joint cramps in wrist, and joint stiffness in hips, knees, and ankles