Table 1.

Demographic, disease and work status characteristics of respondents

	Total	Belgium	Denmark	Finland	France	Germany	Italy	Norway	Poland	Spain	Sweden	UK
Total, N	1,061	100	100	103	100	100	100	55	101	102	100	100
Males (%)	22	19	18	13	25	26	25	26	25	26	18	25
Mean age (years)	50	52	49	51	50	50	49	57	49	50	52	51
RA duration >2 years (%)	84	90	92	98	84	85	52	98	72	73	93	96
Current work status (%)
Employeda	46	40	47	30	50	46	57	38	53	55	42	47
Retiredb	21	23	27	24	22	13	8	25	33	13	13	34
Unemployed	5	9	5	3	3	5	3	–	2	6	3	9
Sick leave from work	4	9	3	1	6	11	–	–	–	2	4	3
Student	2	–	5	5	1	1	3	–	5	2	2	–
Homemaker/other	22	19	13	35	18	24	29	34	8	23	36	7
Mean duration of morning stiffness (min)	82	70	82	98	47	98	52	140	59	85	101	88
Duration of morning stiffness (%)
<1 h	33	46	25	19	56	17	51	25	46	18	30	26
1–2 h	30	16	46	26	29	34	20	38	32	27	21	42
>2 h	23	21	29	36	15	19	8	35	11	28	40	32
Varies	14	17	–	19	–	30	21	2	11	27	9	–
Mean morning stiffness severityc	5.7	5.6	6.3	5.4	5.9	5.3	6.4	6.0	5.1	5.3	5.7	6.3
Morning stiffness severity (%)
Mild (score 0–3)	15	18	5	18	13	20	6	7	22	24	15	8
Moderate (score 4–6)	48	41	52	46	47	54	40	51	59	50	52	42
Severe (score 7–10)	37	41	43	36	40	26	54	42	19	26	33	50
Mean quality of lifed	5.9	5.2	5.7	5.9	6.8	5.5	6.3	6.0	5.5	5.3	5.8	7.0

^aEmployed respondents includes those in full time paid work, part time paid work and self-employment

^bRetired respondents includes those fully and partially retired

^cScore on scale of 0–10

^dImpact of RA-related morning stiffness on quality of life