Table 1.

Aggregate patterns of symptoms across the day

	Time of e-diary entry*
	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	F
Pain intensity score	26.6	26.0	26.4	0.153
Stiffness intensity score	26.5†‡	23.6‡§	23.5†§	4.65¶
Fatigue intensity score	42.6†‡	36.8§	48.1§	37.98#
No. of painful joints	4.2	3.9	4.0	0.377
No. of painful body areas	2.0	2.0	2.1	0.493

^*Values are the mean.

^†Significantly different versus afternoon.

^‡Significantly different versus evening.

^§Significantly different versus morning.

^¶P< 0.05.

^#P< 0.0001.