Table 2.
Overview of the patient and disease characteristics
| Patient Factors | All included patients (n = 127) N (%) |
Mean (SD) | Min | Max | P-value nurse consultation costs | P-value physician consultation cost | P-value total consultation costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 43.4 (14.2) | 12 | 71 | 0.742 | 0.474 | 0.599 | |
| Children = 0 to 14 years | 1 (0.8%) | ||||||
| Youth = 15 to 24 years | 10 (7.9%) | ||||||
| Adults = 25 to 64 years | 105 (82.7%) | ||||||
| Seniors = 65 years and over | 11 (8.6%) | ||||||
| Gender | - | - | - | 0.168 | 0.744 | 0.495 | |
| Female | 46 (36.2%) | ||||||
| Male | 81 (63.8%) | ||||||
| BMI | 27.8 (5.1) | 17.4 | 45.5 | 0.487 | 0.812 | 0.993 | |
| < 18.5 (underweight) | 2 (1.6%) | ||||||
| 18.5–24.9 (normal) | 42 (33.1%) | ||||||
| 25–29.9 (overweight) | 42 (33.1%) | ||||||
| > 30 (obese) | 41 (32.2%) | ||||||
| Personality type | |||||||
| Engagement with disease | 20.7 (3.8) | 5 | 24 | < 0.001 | < 0.000 | < 0.000 | |
| Low engagement: 0 to 12 | 4 (3.1%) | ||||||
| High engagement: 13 to 24 | 123 (96.9%) | ||||||
| Burden of disease | 5.4 (5.1) | 0 | 24 | < 0.000 | < 0.019 | < 0.001 | |
| Low burden of disease: 0 to 12 | 114 (89.8%) | ||||||
| High burden of disease: 13 to 24 | 13 (10.2%) | ||||||
| Patient-reported outcomes | |||||||
| DLQI Score | 3.7 (5.6) | 0 | 22 | < 0.000 | < 0.007 | < 0.000 | |
| No effect on patients’ life = 0 to 1 | 73 (57.5%) | ||||||
| Small effect on patient’s life = 2 to 5 | 24 (18.9%) | ||||||
| Moderate effect on patient’s life = 6 to 10 | 13 (10.2%) | ||||||
| Very large effect on patient’s life = 11 to 20 | 14 (11.0%) | ||||||
| Extremely large effect on patient’s life = 21 to 30 | 3 (2.4%) | ||||||
| Disease characteristics | |||||||
| PASI Score | 2.5 (3.7) | 0 | 20.7 | < 0.005 | < 0.002 | < 0.000 | |
| Mild = ≤ 0 and < 5 | 103 (81.1%) | ||||||
| Moderate = ≤ 5 and < 10 | 18 (14.2%) | ||||||
| Severe = ≥ 10 | 6 (4.7%) | ||||||
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| PsA | - | - | - | 0.452 | 0.562 | 0.514 | |
| No | 108 (85.0%) | ||||||
| Yes | 19 (15%) | ||||||
| HADS* | |||||||
| Presence of HADS-A | 4.9 (4.1) | 0 | 17 | 0.164 | 0.077Ϯ | 0.053Ϯ | |
| Low levels of anxiety: 0 to 8 | 101 (79.5%) | ||||||
| High levels of anxiety: > 8 | 26 (20.5%) | ||||||
| Presence of HADS-D | 3.1 (3.4) | 0 | 14 | 0.071Ϯ | 0.188 | 0.098Ϯ | |
| Low levels of depression: 0 to 8 | 116 (91.3%) | ||||||
| High levels of depression: > 8 | 11 (8.7%) | ||||||
| Additional variables | |||||||
| Therapy switch | - | - | - | 0.030 | < 0.000 | < 0.000 | |
| No | 72 (56.7%) | ||||||
| Yes | 55 (43.3%) | ||||||
| Patient status | - | - | - | < 0.000 | < 0.024 | < 0.007 | |
| Known | 118 (92.9%) | ||||||
| New | 9 (7.1%) | ||||||
| Nurse | - | - | - | 0.214 | 0.848 | 0.895 | |
| Nurse 1 | 52 (40.1%) | ||||||
| Nurse 2 | 75 (59.0%) | ||||||
Ϯ: significant at 10%