Table 1.
Demographic Data for Each Experimental Condition, for Patients in the Writing Sample (Top) and Speaking Sample (Bottom)
| Sample / Variable |
Full Sample |
Disclosure |
Combined Control |
Positive Control |
Neutral Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Sample |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female n (%) | 74 (84%) | 38 (88.4%) | 36 (80%) | 19 (79%) | 17 (81%) |
| Male n (%) |
14 (16%) |
5 (11.6%) |
9 (20%) |
5 (21%) |
4 (19%) |
| Ethnicity n (%) | |||||
| European American | 46 (52%) | 24 (55.8%) | 22 (48.9%) | 11 (45.8%) | 11 (52.4%) |
| African American | 41 (47%) | 18 (41.9%) | 23 (51.1%) | 13 (54.2%) | 10 (47.6%) |
| Hispanic American |
1 (1%) |
1 (2.3%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (%) |
0 (0%) |
| Age M (SD) |
54.9 (10.8) |
55.4 (11.7) |
54.3 (10.0) |
53.1 (10.0) |
55.7 (10.0) |
| Education M (SD) |
13.6 (2.4) |
13.4 (2.4) |
13.8 (2.3) |
14.0 (2.7) |
13.6 (1.7) |
| RA Duration M (SD) |
13.2 (11.3) |
14.6 (11.4) |
12.0 (11.1) |
11.3 (9.3) |
12.8 (13.1) |
| Speaking Sample |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female n (%) | 78 (84%) | 40 (83.3%) | 38 (84.4%) | 20 (83.3%) | 18 (85.7%) |
| Male n (%) |
15 (16%) |
8 (16.7%) |
7 (15.6%) |
4 (16.7%) |
3 (14.3%) |
| Ethnicity n (%) | |||||
| European American | 54 (58%) | 28 (58.3%) | 26 (57.8%) | 13 (54.2%) | 13 (61.9%) |
| African American | 38 (41%) | 20 (41.7%) | 18 (40%) | 11 (45.8%) | 7 (33.3%) |
| Hispanic American |
1 (1%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (2.2%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (4.8%) |
| Age M (SD) |
54.3 (11.6) |
53.1 (11.3) |
55.5 (11.9) |
58.0 (12.2) |
52.6 (11.1) |
| Education M (SD) |
13.5 (2.6) |
13.1 (2.4) |
14.0 (2.7) |
14.5 (3.1) |
13.4 (2.1) |
| RA Duration M (SD) | 9.3 (8.4) | 9.0 (7.6) | 9.6 (9.3) | 10.2 (11.0) | 8.9 (7.1) |