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. 2017 May 18;11:947–958. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S133222

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Total
IBD
RA/PA
SDM
(n=120)
Non-SDM
(n=237)
SDM
(n=33)
Non-SDM
(n=69)
SDM
(n=75)
Non-SDM
(n=129)
Age (years), mean (SD) 47.9 (11.6) 48.0 (12.4) 42.9 (11.7) 43.4 (12.7) 51.3 (10.7) 51.0 (11.3)
Gender: n (%) female 90 (75.0) 148 (62.5)* 24 (72.7) 36 (52.2) 62 (82.7) 88 (68.2)*
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 American Indian or Alaskan Native 3 (2.5) 2 (0.9) 1 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.7) 2 (1.6)
 Asian 2 (1.7) 2 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.7) 2 (1.6)
 Black or African–American 5 (4.2) 12 (5.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.5) 5 (6.7) 10 (7.8)
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 White 108 (90.0) 216 (91.9) 31 (93.9) 67 (97.1) 65 (86.7) 113 (88.3)
 Other race 5 (4.2) 5 (2.1) 2 (6.1) 1 (1.5) 3 (4.0) 3 (2.3)
 Hispanic ethnicity (yes) 8 (6.7) 14 (5.9) 3 (9.1) 0 (0.0)* 5 (6.7) 10 (7.8)
Geographic region, n (%)
 Northeast 1 (0.8) 12 (5.1) 1 (3.0) 5 (7.2) 1 (1.3) 3 (2.3)
 Midwest 40 (33.3) 56 (23.6) 12 (36.4) 19 (27.5) 23 (30.7) 30 (23.3)
 South 55 (45.8) 120 (50.6) 12 (36.4) 31 (44.9) 38 (50.7) 74 (57.4)
 West 24 (20.0) 49 (20.7) 8 (24.2) 14 (20.3) 13 (17.3) 22 (17.0)
Autoimmune condition, n (%)a
 Ulcerative colitis 13 (10.8) 21 (8.9)* 13 (39.4) 21 (30.4) 1 (1.3) 2 (1.6)
 Crohn’s disease 21 (17.5) 50 (21.1)*** 21 (63.6) 50 (72.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.6)
 Rheumatoid arthritis 60 (50.0) 101 (42.6) 0 (0.0) 3 (4.4) 60 (80.0) 101 (78.3)
 Psoriatic arthritis 17 (14.2) 32 (13.5)* 1 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 17 (22.7) 32 (24.8)
Quan–Charlson score, mean (SD) 1.0 (1.0) 0.7 (1.0)* 0.6 (1.1) 0.3 (1.0) 1.2 (0.8) 1.1 (1.1)
 0, n (%) 42 (35.0) 123 (51.9)** 23 (69.7) 59 (85.5) 7 (9.3) 32 (24.8)**
 1–2, n (%) 69 (57.5) 97 (40.9)** 8 (24.2) 7 (10.1) 62 (82.7) 84 (65.1)**
 3–4, n (%) 8 (6.7) 15 (6.3) 2 (6.1) 2 (2.9) 5 (6.7) 11 (8.5)
 ≥5, n (%) 1 (0.8) 2 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.3) 2 (1.6)
Health status score, mean (SD) 48.0 (23.4) 55.4 (22.5)** 51.7 (18.5) 53.9 (20.4) 45.3 (25.5) 51.0 (22.6)
Provider specialty, n (%)
 Rheumatology 66 (56.4) 114 (48.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.9) 62 (84.9) 103 (80.5)
 Gastroenterology 30 (25.6) 43 (18.3) 30 (93.8) 43 (62.3)*** 0 (0.0) 3 (2.3)
 Dermatology 13 (11.1) 30 (12.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.5) 5 (6.9) 5 (3.9)
 Internal medicine 1 (0.9) 9 (3.8) 1 (3.1) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4) 8 (6.3)

Notes:

*

Difference between SDM and non-SDM in category at P<0.05;

**

P<0.01;

***

P≤0.001.

a

These conditions are not mutually exclusive and percentages may not sum to 100.

Abbreviations: IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; PA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SDM, shared decision-making; SD, standard deviation.