Table 6.

Association of Specific Types of Subclinical Disability with Increases in Difficulty

			Likelihood of increase from 2004–2006†, §
Specific accommodation subclinical disability score used, *	Specific accommodation subclinical disability score, mean (SD)	% (n) with subclinical disability in at least one activity	HAQ, unadjusted†	VLA disability, total
Limits only	2.22 (2.29)	73.2 (372)	1.10 (1.00, 1.22)	1.15 (1.04, 1.27)
Extra time only	2.38 (2.45)	74.0 (376)	1.11 (1.01, 1.22)	1.11 (1.01, 1.21)
Help only	0.78 (1.17)	41.1 (209)	1.32 (1.09, 1.61)	1.47 (1.21, 1.78)
Devices only	0.55 (1.44)	26.0 (132)	1.14 (0.97, 1.35)	1.16 (1.00, 1.36)

^*Specific accommodation subclinical disability score = number of activities in which the specific accommodation but no difficulty reported.

^†Increase defined as presence 0.5 SD increase in HAQ or VLA scores between 2004 and 2006.

^§Adjusted for age, sex, education, married/partner, duration of RA, number of painful joints, and baseline value of measure of functioning