Table 3.
Comparison of educational needs between the RA and PsA cohorts
| Domain (score range) | |
Psoriatic arthritis, |
Rheumatoid arthritis, |
Difference |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | MD (95% CI) | t-test | p-value | ||
| Pain |
(0 to 24) |
14.29 (6.69) |
13.40 (6.99) |
0.89 (-0.79, 2.58) |
1.04 |
0.30 |
| Movement |
(0 to 20) |
9.79 (5.67) |
11.07 (5.62) |
-1.28 (-2.67, 0.11) |
-1.81 |
0.07 |
| Feelings |
(0 to 16) |
8.68 (4.73) |
8.50 (4.90) |
0.17 (-1.01, 1.36) |
0.29 |
0.78 |
| Arthritis |
(0 to 28) |
19.44 (6.89) |
20.65 (7.65) |
-1.21 (-3.01, 0.59) |
-1.32 |
0.19 |
| Treatments |
(0 to 28) |
15.90 (7.59) |
15.25 (8.79) |
0.65 (-1.38, 2.68) |
0.63 |
0.53 |
| Self-help |
(0 to 24) |
15.76 (5.90) |
13.86 (6.82) |
0.91 (-0.67, 2.49) |
1.14 |
0.26 |
| Support |
(0 to 16) |
6.83 (4.40) |
7.00 (4.30) |
-0.17 (-1.25, 0.90) |
-0.32 |
0.75 |
| Total ENAT score | (0 to 164) | 90.69 (32.11) | 90.73 (33.6) | -0.04 (-8.18, 8.10) | -0.01 | 0.99 |
MD, mean difference (Psoriatic arthritis cohort minus rheumatoid arthritis cohort). P-value ≤0.05 represents significance effects against the null hypothesis on 'no difference’.