Table 2.
Differences in RA patients' educational needs by age, disease duration, gender and educational background
| Managing pain | Movement | Feelings | Arthritis process | Treatments health professionals | Self-help measures | Support systems | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (degrees of freedom (df) = 1) | Age group | ≤68 | 68+ | ≤68 | 68+ | ≤68 | 68+ | ≤68 | 68+ | ≤68 | 68+ | ≤68 | 68+ | ≤68 | 68+ | |||||||
| N | 71 | 60 | 77 | 65 | 76 | 68 | 70 | 63 | 72 | 64 | 76 | 62 | 73 | 66 | ||||||||
| Median score | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| H value | 4.962*a | 3.309 | 5.644*b | 2.342 | 2.762 | 1.043 | 12.195*c | |||||||||||||||
| Disease duration (df = 1) | Years | ≤13 | 13+ | ≤13 | 13+ | ≤13 | 13+ | ≤13 | 13+ | ≤13 | 13+ | ≤13 | 13+ | ≤13 | 13+ | |||||||
| N | 73 | 57 | 76 | 64 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 59 | 72 | 64 | 76 | 59 | 74 | 64 | ||||||||
| Median score | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | ||||||||
| H value | 0.666 | 0.505 | 0.582 | 1.126 | 0.678 | 0.035 | 4.462*d | |||||||||||||||
| Gender (df = 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||||
| N | 17 | 119 | 18 | 129 | 18 | 131 | 16 | 121 | 17 | 124 | 17 | 125 | 17 | 127 | ||||||||
| Median score | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | ||||||||
| H value | 1.404 | 1.127 | 0.729 | 0.274 | 1.499 | 0.810 | 3.376 | |||||||||||||||
| Educational background (df = 2) | Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| N | 24 | 82 | 29 | 24 | 89 | 33 | 25 | 90 | 32 | 24 | 81 | 31 | 24 | 87 | 30 | 23 | 88 | 30 | 23 | 89 | 31 | |
| Median score | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| H value | 4.080 | 4.122 | 0.782 | 1.386 | 4.484 | 2.172 | 0.751 | |||||||||||||||
Age (divided in ≤68 years and 68+ years, cut-off based on median age), disease duration (divided in ≤13 years and 13+ years, cut-off based on median duration), educational background (divided in 1: primary, 2: secondary and 3: tertiary)
df Degrees of freedom
*H value indicating significant associations (p < 0.05)
aManaging pain associated with age: group ≤68: mean rank = 72.7 and group 68+: mean rank = 58.1; p = 0.026
bFeelings associated with age: group ≤68: mean rank = 80.1 and group 68+: mean rank = 63.9; p = 0.018
cSupport systems associated with age: group ≤68: mean rank = 81.1 and group 68+: mean rank = 57.7; p = 0.000
dSupport systems associated with disease duration: group ≤13: mean rank = 63.0 and group 13+: mean rank = 77.1; p = 0.035